August 9, 2011

Tuesday Tour-de-Force at the #SciAmBlogs

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Another day full of amazing bloggy goodness on the network today:

- S.E. Gould - Useful bacteria and the end of the world

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- Sophie Bushwick - Ownership Ties Among Global Corporations Strangely Resemble a Bow Tie

- Melissa C. Lott - Energy Sustainability Conference Begins in Washington, DC

- Kalliopi Monoyios - What Does a Scientific Glass Blower Make?

- Bora Zivkovic - Introducing #SciAmBlogs bloggers: SciCurious

- Caleb A. Scharf - The X Factor: Solar storms and life as we know it

- Bora Zivkovic - Do you love or hate Cilantro?

- Jason G. Goldman - Editor's Selections: Bad Hair Days, Muppets and Music, Nicotine Withdrawal

- Charles Q. Choi - Too Hard For Science? Could Michael Jackson Have Created Twitter?

- Jennifer Frazer - A Peek at More Ice-Age Finds from Snowmastodon Village

- Krystal D'Costa - Are We Ashamed of Lunch?

- Felicity Muth - It's About Time: animals remember past events in their lives

- Felicity Muth - It’s About Time: Delving Into Animals’ Memories

- Larry Greenemeier - Bye-Bye Blue Pills: Nanotech Patch Could Deliver Viagra Via the Skin

- Janet D. Stemwedel - Every diet has a body-count: in the garden with the vegetarian killing snails.

- Joshua Rhodes and Brent Stephens - Tighten up your house, but not too much…

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