December 15, 2011

#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - Finding Nemo, `Shame', sheep botanists and more.

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- Jennifer Jacquet - Finding Nemo Isn’t Easy: Film’s Stars Threatened with Extinction

- Melissa C. Lott - Natural Gas – Leading Retirements, New Capacity

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- Danica Radovanovic - Digital divide and social media: Connectivity doesn’t end the digital divide, skills do.

- Caleb A. Scharf - A Planet on Fire

- Maria Konnikova - Understanding Freud’s Legacy Through the Eyes of W. H. Auden

- Bora Zivkovic - The Clock Metaphor

- Cassie Rodenberg - To understand addiction and relationships, watch “Shame”

- Jason G. Goldman - Are Sheep Better at Botany than the US Government?

- Kate Clancy - Networking, Scholarship and Service: The Place of Science Blogging in Academia

- Lucas Brouwers - Evolving between the echoes

- John R. Platt - Sperm Bank and Reproductive Research Could Help Save Tasmanian Devils from Extinction

- Janet D. Stemwedel - Fun games for science-y kids.

- Rose Eveleth - Liken Yourself to a Lichen: Designate a Species with Your Name or Your Pooch’s.

- David Biello - What Really Happened in Durban–And Will It Be Enough to Combat Climate Change?

- Katherine Harmon - Doctors Diagnose in a Jiffy—and Using Common Regions of the BrainandCell Phone Cameras Capture Microscopic Images to Diagnose Malaria and other Diseases

- Gary Stix - The Ethics of Altering Memory Get a Bit Ahead of the Science. But Just a Bit

- Michael Moyer - Bearded Dragon Lizard Plays a Video Game (video)andHigh-Altitude Nuclear Explosions Dangerous, but not for Reasons Gingrich Cites

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