November 28, 2012

#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - flame retardants, bug-eyed snake, Martian skylight, depression, wheat genome, and more.

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- Kalliopi Monoyios - Worse Than Bedbugs, It’s the Couch Itself

- Kalliopi Monoyios - The Environmental Fallout of Greener Buildings

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- Kalliopi Monoyios - Infographic: Fire Safety Buzzkill

- Becky Crew - Imantodes chocoensis: New species of skinny, bug-eyed snake discovered in Ecuador

- Caleb A. Scharf - Mars Tinted Goggles

- Nicole Baganz - Thoughts about depression from under the sheets

- David Bressan - A World without History

- Khalil A. Cassimally - Introducing: Suzi Gage

- Katherine Harmon - New Slice of Wheat Genome Could Help Feed Growing Global Population

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