September 19, 2012

#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - dinosaur names, reverse-engineering the brain, Golden Age of Discovery, Sports Psychology of Academia, and more.

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Those of you who checked in on the very first day Scientific American Blog Network launched, back in July 2011, may remember the blog called The Psychotronic Girl that launched on that day. But life interfered, and Melody Dye could not continue blogging for a year. With a new position, and a new geography, she now again has the time to write. Make sure to bookmark and subscribe to the new incarnation - Cargo Cult Contrarian. Go say Hello in the comments and welcome Melody back into the fold.

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- Melody - Reality, that seamless stream

- Ashutosh Jogalekar - Modular complexity, and reverse engineering the brain

- Bora Zivkovic - Introducing: Kelly Poe

- Glendon Mellow - SciArt of the Day: Heavily Armored Hallucigenia

- DNLee - Wordless Wednesdays: Photogenic Palms

- Melissa Pandika - Surprise Valley: Paleomagnetism and Problem-Solving

- József Geml - Mount Kinabalu: Reliving the Golden Age of Discovery

- Scicurious - Academia and Sports Psychology: staying sane

- Kate Clancy - The Sports Psychology of Academia: Part II

- Larry Greenemeier - ATM Trades Old Gadgets for New Cash

- Katherine Harmon - Oyster Genome Pries Open Mollusk Evolutionary Shell

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