July 18, 2012

#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - Wikipedia, chimp tools, medical news, shark fins, Alzheimer's, moss sperm, and more.

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- John R. Platt - Hong Kong Imported 10 Million Kilograms of Shark Fins Last Year

- Gary Stix - Alzheimer’s: A Ray of Hope? Just Perhaps Maybe

- Jennifer Ouellette - My Kind of Town: Eureka Takes Its Final Bow

- Christina Agapakis - Ways of Seeing/Ways of Making

- Cassie Rodenberg - Here’s How We See Addiction (Presented by People of Tumblr)

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- DNLee - Wordless Wednesday: Tanzania Horizons

- Scicurious - You know what they say about promiscuous voles...

- Katherine Harmon - Moss Sperm Smells Sweet Enough for Sex

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