The Nature Genetics blog, Free Association, links to evolgen (at the old URL -- update your links dudes). We've pointed this out before. It's nothing new. Now Nature, the big dog of science publishers, is ranking science blogs. Here is the story. Pee Zed is numero uno (big surprise), but the entire list is heavy with ScienceBlogs blogs. Blogs. Sorry, had to throw that third "blogs" in there. It's called being clever. We're still getting the hang of it.
(Via Nature Newsblog.)
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