February 6, 2013

#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - double catastrophe, Great tits, nuclear energy, Comet Of The Century, Nano-Powder, and more.

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- Seth Baum - When global catastrophes collide: The climate engineering double catastrophe

- Darren Naish - Great tits: still murderous, rapacious, flesh-rending predators!

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- Ashutosh Jogalekar - Top 5 reasons why intelligent liberals don’t like nuclear energy

- Caleb A. Scharf - Will This Be The Comet Of The Century?

- Scicurious - #scio13 Wrapup: On Identity

- DNLee - Getting the Science Right in the Black Press – Making Headway with @EbonyMag

- Psi Wavefunction - Hints for Mystery Micrograph #02

- Bora Zivkovic - Quick updates: #scio13, #wjchat, Science Studio, @scifri

- David Biello - Nano-Powder on Your Donuts: Should You Worry?

- John Matson - The New Way to Look for Mars Life: Follow the Salt

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