#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - Earth's magnet, botanical nomenclature, oxycodone, Winnie-the-Pooh and more.

By Bora Zivkovic?| December 29, 2011 |??

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It?s Wednesday ? time for the brand new Video of the Week! And lots of great blog posts:

- Davide Castelvecchi ? Book Review: Our Magnetic Earth, by Ronald Merrill

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- Hannah Waters ? Botanists finally ditch Latin and paper, enter 21st century

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- David Wogan ? Growth of the Alberta tar sands from 1984 to 2011

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- Cassie Rodenberg ? Every drug is the ?deadliest drug,? especially oxycodone

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- Maria Konnikova ? Winnie-the-Pooh and the Pervasiveness of Egocentric Bias: Why We Are All THAT Sort of Bear

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- Krystal D?Costa ? Macy?s Holiday Tradition: Windows Through Time

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- Kevin Zelnio ? Cave-Dwelling Invertebrates Enjoy Exotic Cuisine

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- Mark Fischetti ? Tornadoes in 2011 Set Deadly Records

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- Larry Greenemeier ? 1.4-Meter Organic LED TV Sets to Be Unveiled at Consumer Tech Extravaganza

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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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