Oct
22
2007
ScienceBlogs: Half a Million Strong
Some of the most fundamental tools for scientists are numbers and measurements, and one of the most powerful fundamentals of the scientific method is the concept of publishing one's results. It's no wonder, then, that Movable Type is a popular tool for scientists to share information, and that they're eager to celebrate measurable milestones. ScienceBlogs, the vibrant community of bloggers hosted by Seed Magazine, recently marked an amazing accomplishment: Their community, in less than two years, has hit half a million comments submitted on the thriving site. In honor of the milestone, and the remarkable amount of information and education that the scientists and authors on the site have shared with their community, ScienceBlogs is today's Movable Type Featured Site.
Of course, the ScienceBlogs community is a sterling example of what Movable Type can do, but we're hardly the first to notice. Another (slightly less scientific) bit of data that we enjoyed observing last year was Nature magazine's look at science blogs, which we analyzed to reveal that 60% of Nature's most popular science blogs are powered by Movable Type. More important as a measure of success is the incredible things that ScienceBlogs readers are learning by having direct access to working scientists. One great demonstration of this is that ScienceBlogs has its own DonorsChoose challenge, supporting science education in schools, as part of the Blogger Challenge which we've also been promoting at Six Apart.Congratulations to the ScienceBlogs team, and to the entire ScienceBlogs community for reaching this milestone, and we'll be keeping a careful eye on the site to watch for many more milestones to come.
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