2005 Koufax Awards: Best Post Category

I was nominated for a 2005 Koufax award for the "Best Post" category. Nominees are listed in alphabetical order so you'll find a link to my essay somewhere close the top of the (incredibly long) list. (I was nominated as "GrrlScientist" for this category). There are 222 or more nominees, including some of my fellow ScienceBloggers so get ready for a lot of great reading as you work your way through this list.

Add this nomination to another for Scientific Life, "Most Deserving of Wider Recognition."

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I agree, it is a beautiful post. I love this phrase "...as it caused our little blue planet to shudder momentarily in its graceful orbit." That phrase made me fall in love with the post.