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Allison Bond


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For Honey Bee Awareness Day, Music Video Asks, “Where My Bees At?”

Discoblog | August 28th, 2009 in The Wide (& Strange) World of Animals | 3 Comments »

Weekly News Roundup: Robot Chauffeurs and Hand-Holding Otters

Discoblog | August 28th, 2009 in Blog Roundup | 1 Comment »

What’s Your Risk of Dying Next Year? Wanna Find Out?

Discoblog | August 28th, 2009 in Technology Attacks! | No Comments »

Where in the World is Wired’s Evan Ratliff?

Discoblog | August 27th, 2009 in Technology Attacks! | 1 Comment »

Class-Action Suit Against Taser to Begin in 3, 2, 1…

Discoblog | August 26th, 2009 in Technology Attacks! | 17 Comments »

Did Some Guy Spot the Loch Ness Monster on Google Earth?

Discoblog | August 26th, 2009 in The Wide (& Strange) World of Animals | No Comments »

An Environmental Dilemma: Using Sunlight to Harvest Petroleum

Discoblog | August 25th, 2009 in Pollution Solutions (& Disasters) | 3 Comments »

Not Freezing Ice Cream Would Help the Environment; Not Eating It Would, Too

Discoblog | August 25th, 2009 in Food, Nutrition, & More Food, Pollution Solutions (& Disasters), Technology Attacks! | 8 Comments »

Weird Tube-Shaped Clouds Floating Above Australia

Discoblog | August 24th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

New “Live Happy” iPhone App Claims to Bring iHappiness

Discoblog | August 24th, 2009 in Technology Attacks!, What’s Inside Your Brain? | 4 Comments »

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    • About the Blog

      DiscoBlog is DISCOVER's compendium of quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. It's written by Andrew Moseman and Smriti Rao, and edited by Eliza Strickland. Email tips, suggestions, or complaints to estrickland [at] discovermagazine.com.

      Also, Discoblog recently incorporated the brilliant blog NCBI ROFL, in which two prone-to-distraction grad students post real scientific articles with funny subjects. Email your tips to ncbirofl [at] gmail.com. Follow the ROFL feed here.

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