August 3, 2011

Wise Wednesday at the Blogs

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From the blogs:

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- Mark Stewart - The Necessity of Humanism

- Caleb A. Scharf - Favorite nuclear flavors

- David Wogan - More on food sourcing and food sustainability

- Jason G. Goldman - Humans Aren’t The Only Ones Who Need To Avoid The Heat: How Birds Avoid Scrambled Eggs

- Krystal D'Costa - Unmasking the Truth in Caricature

- Katherine Harmon - Chew on This: More Mastication Cuts Calorie Intake by 12 Percent

- S.E. Gould - New MolBio Carnival up!

- Cheryl G. Murphy - Will Carrots Help You See Better? No, but Chocolate Might

- Ingrid Wickelgren - Porn on the Mind

- Bora Zivkovic - What is: Science Online New York City

- DNLee - National Association of Black Journalists host national convention, but where are the Black Science Journalists?

- Charles Q. Choi - Missing Links: Review of “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

- Joseph Milton - Art forms in nature

- Larry Greenemeier - No Hactivism Here: McAfee Reveals Cyber Espionage That Went Undetected for Years

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