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#SciAmBlogs – the New Year edition!

By Bora Zivkovic | January 4, 2013 |

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- Katherine Harmon – Did Human Ancestors “Walk” Up Trees? [Video] and How Corn Syrup Might Be Making Us Hungry–and Fat and Growth Factor: How Bacterial Infections Persist Through Antibiotics [Video] and DUD: The Nightmarish Dangers of Drowsy Driving

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About the Author: Bora Zivkovic is the Blog Editor at Scientific American, chronobiologist, biology teacher, organizer of ScienceOnline conferences and editor of Open Laboratory anthologies of best science writing on the Web. Follow on Twitter @boraz.

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