Nature Tracking Science Blogs

This up at Nature: The 50 most popular science blogs.

No surprise, Pharyngula and Panda's Thumb head the list (based on technorati's rankings).

Big surprise: The Daily Transcript is tied for #38.

To read more, check out what PZ Myers had to say.

(OK I promise that I'll write a REAL science entry soon - in fact two major Golgi papers are out that give evidence for cisternal maturation ... more details will follow shortly).

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Yeah it sucks that some aren't in there like your blog (it probably would be in the top 10).

Congrats #38.

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