The MSU students are back from China and this morning they filed the last story from their field study, covering discovery and analysis of dinosaur eggs, as well as learning about the geography, history and culture of the country. I hope you have enjoyed the series, and let’s hope they do it again here next [...]

Today we welcome Talking back – the newest blog at #SciAmBlogs! Today is also Wednesday, thus a brand new Video of the Week is there on the right sidebar. – Jason G. Goldman- The Average Bear Is Smarter Than You Thought   – Glenn Starkman – Beyond Higgs: on Supersymmetry (or lack thereof)   – [...]

We have a new blog on the network today!!!!! Gary Stix is a senior editor at Scientific American, covering mainly neuroscience. He is also the author of Who Gives a Gigabyte: A Survival Guide for the Technologically Perplexed. In his very first post at his brand new blog Talking back, Gary explains the motivation for [...]

- Greg Laden – Phillip V. Tobias, 1925 – 2012   – Steve Schneider and Alan Woodward – E-voting: trust but verify   – Eric Michael Johnson – The Better Bonobos of Our Nature   – Maria Konnikova – How to fool Houdini–and avoid fooling yourself   – Judy Stone – TEDMED 2012: Dessert!   [...]

This morning, we published the last installment of this year’s USC Dornsife Scientific Diving series of posts at the Expeditions blog. They did a great job last year and even better this year. Let’s hope they come back next year as well. If you need a single URL for all of the posts so you [...]

It’s Monday – so time for a new Image of the Week. – Matt Shipman – Why Scientists Should Publicize Their Findings – For Purely Selfish Reasons   – Ilana Yurkiewicz – Why Mark Regnerus’ study shouldn’t matter, even if it were the most scientifically robust study in the world   – S.E. Gould – [...]

It is now expected by the science blogosphere that I post the full updated listing of all the submissions every Monday morning. This serves as a reminder for bloggers to submit their (and other people’s) posts, and to some extent prevents duplicate entries. But most importantly, it presents a growing listing of some of the [...]

Several posts from our network bloggers, several Guest Blog posts, and one SciAm article have been nominated for the 3 Quarks Daily prize, which is quite a big deal in the science blogosphere. See all the nominated posts here, choose one and then vote here. Have a great weekend! – Cameron M. Smith – Review: [...]

Several posts from our network bloggers, several Guest Blog posts, and one SciAm article have been nominated for the 3 Quarks Daily prize, which is quite a big deal in the science blogosphere. See all the nominated posts here, choose one and then vote here. – Rob Dunn – Has a New Ten-Legged Species Evolved [...]

Several posts from our network bloggers, several Guest Blog posts, and one SciAm article have been nominated for the 3 Quarks Daily prize, which is quite a big deal in the science blogosphere. See all the nominated posts here, choose one and then vote here. Earlier today we hosted a new Fast Chat – Zombies [...]