January 8, 2013

#SciAmBlogs Tuesday - plastic banknotes, renewable oil, crowdfunded drones, new science education standards, resistant STDs, and more.

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- Shannon Palus - Paying with plastic: not just for credit cards

- Judy Stone - A Clinical Trial and Suicide Leave Many Questions: Part 4: The University of Minnesota’s Response

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- Scott Huler - Oil Might Be a Natural Resource, and Other Things You Did Not Know

- John R. Platt - Crowdfunded Drones Could Help Protect Kenyan Rhinos

- Bora Zivkovic - ScienceOnline2012 – interview with Cathy Clabby

- DNLee - Promoting Science to Under-served audiences and understanding push-pull market forces of news

- Khalil A. Cassimally - Hey Young and Early-Career Science Writers, What Should We Blog About?

- Alex Wild - A quick spin with Sigma’s 10mm f/2.8 Fisheye Lens

- Anna Kuchment and Michael Wysession - Why America’s Kids Need New Standards for Science Education

- Michael Moyer - Earth-Like Planets Fill the Galaxy

- Katherine Harmon - Common STD Grows Resistant to Treatment in North America

- Larry Greenemeier - Qualcomm Kicks Off CES with Superfast Snapdragon Mobile Processors (Endorsed by NASCAR, Big Bird and Captain Kirk)

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