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Overheard in the Science Blogosphere

  • Blank Post [Pharyngula] - Possibly the most commented-upon science blog post that happens to be about nothing at all. By PZ Myers, of course.

    Choice comment by John: "I refuse to believe that this post was actually blank. There must be something there, I know it."

    PZ Myers offers a follow-up: "You may be wondering what that strange "Blank post" was all about. The science blogging crew has been having a discussion about the "Most active" box you can find in the right sidebar, and RPM challenged me that I could put up an empty post titled "Blank post" and it would get 10-20 comments. I proved him wrong—it got over 30 comments in less than an hour and a half. That's just wicked, people."

  • Wikipedia-based Search Engine Coming Soon [TechCrunch] - Michael Arrington at TechCrunch has an exclusive screenshot (oooh, aren't we special!) of the new Wikiasari search engine due to launch next year. The basic idea is that it will produce useful search results rather than Google spam sites, which are better at search engine optimization than they are at creating relevant, useful content.
  • New Blog by Female Triumvirate of Evolution Experts - "Hey, you! Science chica! Why don't you join up with the other femme fatales to complete the female triumvirate of evolution experts? We could change the world!" Nuff said.

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