March 21, 2011

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THE OPEN LABORATORY!

You kept submitting your posts all year long and watching, every Monday, to see which other posts were also entered. Then we closed the submission form.

By Jason G. Goldman

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You kept submitting your posts all year long and watching, every Monday, to see which other posts were also entered.

Then we closed the submission form.

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Then we made you wait a month of "electoral silence" while the judges went through three rounds of judging, until we announced which 50 essays, plus poems and cartoons, made it into print.

Then, at Science Online, we announced the gorgeous new cover art.

But now - what you have been waiting for so long:

The Open Laboratory 2010, the collection of best writing on science blog for the year, is finally up for sale!

Buy one for yourself, buy one for your significant other, buy one for each family member, buy one each for as many neighbors, friends and colleagues you can think of, and buy a copy for the local library.

Update: It appears as if the file download link, for the e-book compatible PDF version of Open Lab, isn't particularly obvious on the Lulu site. Here is a direct link. Here are instructions for adding to your iPad, Kindle, or Nook.

Jason G. Goldman is a science journalist based in Los Angeles. He has written about animal behavior, wildlife biology, conservation, and ecology for Scientific American, Los Angeles magazine, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the BBC, Conservation magazine, and elsewhere. He contributes to Scientific American's "60-Second Science" podcast, and is co-editor of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide (Yale University Press). He enjoys sharing his wildlife knowledge on television and on the radio, and often speaks to the public about wildlife and science communication.

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