Science idol--time for your votes!

By tsmith on September 5, 2006.

You may remember earlier in the summer that several ScienceBloggers mentioned a cartoon contest called Science Idol, looking for submissions of political cartoons with a science theme. Well, the finalists have been posted, and you can vote for your favorite.

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