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					<title><![CDATA[Julie Leibach: This Dinosaur Is Made From Balloons, Not Bones]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/23/2013/this-dinosaur-is-made-from-balloons-not-bones.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[A project for the Virginia Museum of Natural History is more than a bunch of hot air. ]]>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Jordan Davidson: Predicting Storms, Electroshock Therapy, Germaphiles, and More]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/21/2013/predicting-storms-electroshock-therapy-germaphiles-and-more.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Each week we’ll round up links to science stories or studies that blow our mind, tickle our funny bone, or generally strike our fancy.]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Amy Kraft: The Perils of Plankton]]></title>
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						<![CDATA[An artist magnifies an overlooked environmental problem in sculptures that are larger than life.]]>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Leslie Taylor: Don't Forget to Eat Your Creepy Crawlies!]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/16/2013/don-t-forget-to-eat-your-creepy-crawlies.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[In the mood for water beetles marinated in ginger and soy sauce? How about some mealworm spaghetti?]]>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Art, History & Culture, Art, History & Culture/Art, Nature, Nature/Insects]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Julie Leibach: Three Insect Recipes to Help the Arthropods Go Down]]></title>
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						<![CDATA[Insects pack a protein punch. Get the most of your meal with these recipes. ]]>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Mario Livio: Brilliant Blunders]]></title>
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						<![CDATA[Were the theories of illustrious minds such as Linus Pauling and Albert Einstein free of serious blunders? Absolutely not!]]>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Ashley Taylor: What Lies Beneath]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/15/2013/what-lies-beneath.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Using a scanning technology called terahertz imaging, scientist J. Bianca Jackson searches for hidden artwork behind paint and plaster.]]>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Art, History & Culture, Art, History & Culture/Art, Engineers, Gadgets & Geeks, Engineers, Gadgets & Geeks/Techniques and Tools]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Julie Leibach: Help SciFri Make a Summer Reading List]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/15/2013/help-scifri-make-a-summer-reading-list.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Recommend your favorite science-themed books, and SciFri will compile a list of the top 15.]]>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Leslie Taylor: Alien Invaders, Baby Seal Brains, and More]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/14/2013/alien-invaders-baby-seal-brains-and-more.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Each week we’ll round up links to science stories or studies that blow our mind, tickle our funny bone, or generally strike our fancy.]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Biology, Biology/General Biology, Body & Brain, Body & Brain/Medical Research/Anatomy, Engineers, Gadgets & Geeks, Engineers, Gadgets & Geeks/General Engineering/Biomedical Engineering, Home Planet, Home Planet/Air and Water, Home Planet/Ecosystems, Home Planet/General Environment, Home Planet/Habitats, Nature, Nature/Animals, Physics & Chemistry]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[The Secret Life of Scientists: Meet Susan Barry, Neurobiologist and 3D Visionary]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/14/2013/meet-susan-barry-neurobiologist-and-3d-visionary.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Susan Barry could only see in two dimensions until age 48, when her life changed forever. ]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Joel N. Shurkin: Are We Alone in the Universe?]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/10/2013/are-we-alone-in-the-universe.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[It seems incredible that Earthlings could be the first technological society. So where is everyone?]]>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Space, Space/Planets]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Leslie Taylor: Smuggled Dinosaurs, Sick Sea Otters, Hairy Tongues, and More]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/07/2013/smuggled-dinosaurs-sick-sea-otters-hairy-tongues-and-more.html</link>
					<description>
						<![CDATA[Each week we’ll round up links to science stories or studies that blow our mind, tickle our funny bone, or generally strike our fancy.]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Biology, Biology/General Biology, Biology/Paleontology, Body & Brain, Body & Brain/Diseases and Conditions, Body & Brain/Diseases and Conditions/Aging]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Leslie Taylor: Science Standards for the Next Generation]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/07/2013/science-standards-for-the-next-generation.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Newly released science standards expect students to be capable of designing experiments and making evidence-based arguments.]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Ethics, Education & Policy]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[The Bug Chicks: The Buzz on Flies]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/06/2013/the-buzz-on-flies.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[There's more to flies than meets the eye. ]]>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Nature, Nature/Insects]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Ira Flatow: Black Silicon and Smart Wind Turbines]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/03/2013/black-silicon-and-smart-wind-turbines.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Very quietly, solar and wind technologies are making some important advances. Here are a couple examples.]]>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Michael Pollan: How to Make Scrumptious Sauerkraut]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/02/2013/how-to-make-scrumptious-sauerkraut.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Fermented cabbage never tasted better.]]>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Biology, Biology/Microbiology]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Michael Pollan: Is Cooking Baked Into Our Biology?]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/02/2013/is-cooking-baked-into-our-biology.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[According to the "cooking hypothesis," the advent of cooked food altered the course of human evolution. ]]>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Art, History & Culture, Art, History & Culture/Social Sciences/Anthropology, Biology, Biology/General Biology]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Annette Heist: The SciFri Book Club Takes a Walk]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/01/2013/the-scifri-book-club-takes-a-walk.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Get ready to trail along with writer Bill Bryson.]]>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Art, History & Culture/Books]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[The Bug Chicks: Book Review: Britain's Hoverflies]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/05/01/2013/book-review-britain-s-hoverflies.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Recently we were sent a book on hoverflies to review. And it was epic.]]>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Nature/Insects]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Leslie Taylor: Time Crystals, Canine Conservationists, Copycat Monkeys, and More]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/04/30/2013/time-crystals-canine-conservationists-copycat-monkeys-and-more.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Each week we’ll round up links to science stories or studies that blow our mind, tickle our funny bone, or generally strike our fancy.]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[The Secret Life of Scientists: Meet Larry Rosenblum, Perceptual Psychologist and Magician]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/04/30/2013/meet-larry-rosenblum-perceptual-psychologist-and-magician.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[This scientist studies human powers of perception that we might not even know we have.]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Body & Brain]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Christopher Intagliata: Behind the Scenes With the James Webb Space Telescope]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/04/26/2013/behind-the-scenes-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[The frame of the James Webb Space Telescope is being built right in Salt Lake City's backyard, in a small town called Magna. Aerospace and defense manufacturer ATK is constructing the honeycomb-like graphite composite skeleton, and Bob Hellekson, ATK program manager for the telescope, agreed to show me around.]]>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Space, Space/Comets, Asteroids and Meteors, Space/Planets, Space/Spaceflight, Space/Stars]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Christopher Intagliata: Salt of the Earth]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/04/26/2013/salt-of-the-earth.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[The Great Salt Lake's north arm can reach 30 percent salinity—about 10 times saltier than the ocean. Take a closer look at this extreme environment.]]>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Home Planet, Home Planet/Air and Water, Home Planet/Ecosystems, Home Planet/General Environment, Home Planet/Habitats, Home Planet/Planetary and Earth Sciences/Exploration, Nature]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Leslie Taylor: Happy DNA Day!]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/04/25/2013/happy-dna-day.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Today is National DNA Day, an annual tribute to of the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. ]]>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Biology, Biology/Genetics]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Julie Leibach: Earth Day Mashup]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/04/22/2013/earth-day-mashup.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[Celebrate our awesome blue-and-green planet with this SciFri sampler.   ]]>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Home Planet]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[The Bug Chicks: Law & Order (Insect Edition)]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/04/22/2013/law-order-insect-edition.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[You need a permit to keep walking sticks, but most teachers didn't get the memo. ]]>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Nature, Nature/Insects]]>
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					<title><![CDATA[Leslie Taylor: April 19th SciFri Broadcast to Air at Later Date]]></title>
					<link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/04/19/2013/april-19th-scifri-broadcast-to-air-at-later-date.html</link>
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						<![CDATA[NPR's continuing live coverage of events in Boston will preempt today's Science Friday. The recorded April 19th program will be broadcast nationwide in our regularly scheduled timeslot on a later date.  ]]>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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