Welcome to SciAm Cinema! A New Monthly Video Series at Scientific American

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The blog network at Scientific American is vast. It’s one of the largest, most comprehensive sources of science information on the web, and our bloggers are adding posts on a daily basis. SciAm Cinema is a brand new monthly video series that will examine some of the most fascinating stories on the blog network each month. I’ve been wanting to do a series like this for quite some time, as I am always moved by the excellent stories I read by many of my co-bloggers. So I was thrilled to hear that the powers on top thought it was a great idea as well!

So I present to you episode 1 of Sciam Cinema – with highlights from many of our blogs including Christie Wilcox, Alex Wild, Christina Agapakis, Maria Konnikova, John Matson and Caleb Scharf.


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I hope you enjoy, and I welcome your feedback. See you next month!

Carin Bondar is a biologist, writer and film-maker with a PhD in population ecology from the University of British Columbia. Find Dr. Bondar online at www.carinbondar.com, on twitter @drbondar or on her facebook page: Dr. Carin Bondar – Biologist With a Twist.

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