ScienceBlogs 2006, in Seed Magazine
Don't be alarmed, but there are bloggers loose in the magazine.
In January 2006, Seed debuted ScienceBlogs, its brand-new experiment in cyberspace, initially housing 14 blogs about science. In ScienceBlogs' first year, the network has grown to feature more than 50 blogs, 20,000 posts, and 200,000 user-generated comments. The bloggers have tackled the year's discoveries and headlines, from Tiktaalik roseae to the stem cell veto, from l'affaire Pluto to string theory. They've posted pieces on the finer points of what it means to be a nerd, and on what kind of scientist Batman would be, if Batman were a scientist. And they've also launched roundtables of their own: on the academic life, science funding, and politics. Combined, more than 100 posts a day go live on ScienceBlogs.
Now, the bloggers have stormed the barricades. They've taken over Seed Magazine itself. Okay, that's not really true. They didn't storm the magazine; we invited them. And they've mostly behaved themselves, unless you count inducing silly laughter, righteous anger, or chin-stroking thoughtfulness as misbehavior. Just look at them posing nicely for their 2006 class portrait, a serious but fun-loving bunch.
The image above appears on pages 68 and 69 of Seed's December/January 2007 issue, a look back at the year in science. It anchors "ScienceBlogs 2006," a feature introducing the blog network to the print-reading world by excerpting some of the finest posts and pithiest quotes from ScienceBlogs' first year.
Mouse over the individual bloggers in the portrait for a by-name introduction and a link to the appropriate blog. Continue to the right for a list of the posts featured in Seed Magazine. Finally, we invite you to order a special subscription to Seed to see this and other vital science-is-culture features in all their glossy glory.
As featured in Seed Magazine #8, Dec/Jan 2007
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Posts excerpted in the article:
Religion, Mystery, and Quantum Physics
Jonah Lehrer on The Frontal Cortex, July 10
FDA Gets Back to Business (As Usual)
Revere on Effect Measure, July 21
Bush on the Cusp of Securing His Legacy
Kevin Beck on Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimanzee Refuge, July 19
That's Dr. Batman To You, Evil Doer!
Janet Stemwedel on Adventues in Ethics and Science, June 21
Physics Funding Fundamentalism
Chad Orzel on Uncertain Principles, April 27
If We Ignore the Atmosphere, Can We Make it Go Away?
Sandra Porter on Discovering Biology In A Digital World, June 28
PT-141
PZ Myers on Pharyngula, April 25
Superhero Needed: D.G., an Energy Option In Search of P.R.
Ben Cohen on The World's Fair, October 5
What I Think You Should Know
RPM on Evolgen, April 25
Dinos, Cannibals, and Values Creeping Into Science
Kevin Vranes on NoSeNada, September 27
Walking Towards Land
Carl Zimmer on The Loom, April 5
Similarities I Noticed Between George W. Bush and The Burning Bush: A Short List
Dave Ng on The World's Fair, August 8