June 6, 2012

#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - outreach, jellyfish, Zoobiquity, deformed dino eggs, Ray Bradbury, last shuttle ride, coffee, Transit of Venus and more.

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- Kate Clancy - Which came first, rewarding outreach or doing it? On chickens, eggs, and overworked scientists

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- Scicurious - On Outreach: Academia needs an attitude adjustment

- Roxi Aslan - USC Dornsife Scientific Diving: Jellyfish Lake

- Anita Moore-Nall - MSU Dinosaurs: deformations in eggs

- Bora Zivkovic - ScienceOnline2012 – interview with Kathryn Bowers

- Caleb A. Scharf - The Venus Movies

- DNLee - Wordless Wednesday: Transit of Venus

- John Horgan - Was Psychedelic Guru Terence McKenna Goofing About 2012 Prophecy?

- Anna Kuchment - Teens Engineer a Way To Help Swazi Farmers

- Khalil A. Cassimally - A Call To Arms For Young Science Journalists

- Jason G. Goldman - ScienceSeeker Editor’s Selections: Smokers, Dyslexia, and A Neuroscience Revolution

- David Biello - My Morning Cup of Coffee Kills Monkeys

- Eric R. Olson - Shuttle Makes Journey Up the Hudson to Final Resting Place [Video]

- Michael J. Battaglia - Mars Loses One of Its Most Famous Citizens–Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

- Mark Fischetti - Brilliantly Glowing Jellyfish Terrorize the Black and Caspian Seas [video]

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