February 27, 2013

#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - Sequester, spiral-toothed shark, social octopus, blue marble, alcohol+caffeine, and more.

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As usual on Wednesdays, we have the new Video of the Week.

- Howard Bloom - Sequestration Shovels Money to the Russians

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- Tom Levenson - There Should Be Grandeur: Basic Science in the Shadow of the Sequester

- Chris Arnade - Why It’s Smart to Be Reckless on Wall Street

- Becky Crew - Prehistoric ghost shark Helicoprion’s spiral-toothed jaw explained

- Katherine Harmon - Rare Social Octopuses Break All the (Mating) Rules [Video]

- Elizabeth Aston - Scicurious Guest Writer! Alcohol and Caffeine: No need to go Loko

- Hannah Waters - Seeing the Blue Marble for the First Time

- Ashutosh Jogalekar - Are climate change models becoming more accurate and less reliable?

- Brian Malow - 20 Questions with the Space Station

- Alex Wild - A more realistic focus-stack

- Khalil A. Cassimally - Spark Magazine: Student Science Magazine Of York University

- DNLee - Travel Awards for College Students to attend Botanical Society Meetings

- Kalliopi Monoyios - The SciArt Buzz: SciArt Happenings in March/April 2013

- Kelly Oakes - Want to go to Mars? Dennis Tito will take you there...

- Mark Fischetti - Young Scientists Encourage the Public to Demand Peer Review

- Fred Guterl - Can Children Teach Themselves?

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