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'Work in Progress' blogger Jessica Wapner has a new book out on May 14 -- Click to watch the book trailer
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sethmnookin: "Fox 8," new $1 ebook by George Saunders, "is an immigrant story, told through an animal's eyes," says @GQMagazine http://t.co/GYZsimEsvF
EmilyAnthes: Disturbing developments at the grocery store http://t.co/XrrrHxmaj6
TravisSaunders: @cspenn Really hope they don't try to autocomplete searches with this... picturing an angry robot voice trying to finish all my sentences
hillaryrosner: Bizarre. RT @wunderground: Tornado Warning for Columbia and Dutchess Counties in NY until 6:00 PM EDT http://t.co/w5nDsnhDWQ
stevesilberman: German software giant to hire hundreds of people w/autism to drive innovation. http://t.co/nUZzOh9GKP
daniel_lende: Guns on the Brain http://t.co/wB7HSICEBu Embodied cognition and how holding a gun in hand interacts with emotion & environmental perception
mfenner: RT @datadryad: Starting soon: the Now and Future of Data Publishing Symposium #nfdp13 in Oxford online at http://t.co/I9bJhqRxjY #openscien…
MrEpid: Does anyone have an article that cites youth physical activity guidelines in various countries? cc @TravisSaunders @chetm12 @Taryn_PhD
BethSkw: At @CarnegieMNH with @hiwearespiders http://t.co/FMJxfzlZMK
Jason_Reads: RT @parisreview: “Every time I must find something to do that will look like something a little beyond my capabilities.”—Italo Calvino http…
jeancflanagan: My new Sci-Ed piece on evolution education - Learning to read the tree of life - http://t.co/1njM6ML6Q0
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