February Best of the Blogs
By Bora Zivkovic
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American
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Video of the Week #83, March 14th, 2013:
From:Best of the Blogs Video by Bora Zivkovic at A Blog Around The Clock. Source:Carin Bondar on the Scientific American YouTube Channel 'Best of the Blogs' is a monthly video series that highlights some of the most fascinating stories from the Scientific American blog network. Every month, Carin Bondar chooses a few of the blog posts that were published over the course of the month, has the bloggers record a brief narration, and meshes it all up into a fascinating mix of stories, images and video. I hope you take a look each month. The second installment, highlighting February blog posts, is now up on the Scientific American YouTube Channel
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