Alex the Parrot knows all the colors of the rainbow. He likes green beans but not women (generally) and recognizes that they are "different." He can count to six...
Official Comment Count: 1,825,991
When ScienceBlogs started in 2006, we dreamed of hosting the largest conversation about science on the internet. One year, nine months, and half a million comments later, we've done it. And because the comments all come courtesy of you, dear readers, we've chosen to celebrate by giving something back.
For the last 5 weeks, every ScienceBlogs reader who left a comment or signed up for free e-mail delivery of our ScienceBlogs Weekly Recap newsletter was automatically entered for a chance to win. One lucky commenter will take the grand prize, a 5-day trip to the greatest science city in the world. Fifty runners up will receive the coveted ScienceBlogs labware beverage mug.
(By the way: Some of you have noticed that the comment permalinks seem to indicate that the system's comment count is about 80k comments ahead of the official count -- this is because we're filtering comment spam out of our official count... No prizes for spammers!)
After a last-minute rally by San Francisco, Cambridge, UK regained the top spot. Its ancient university and storied scientific past led you to crown it the greatest science city on the planet.
We will be contacting the winners soon by e-mail.
Thanks to all our commenters, and to everyone in the ScienceBlogs community!
