Blogs and science - 1

Blogs are getting noticed more and more in science. Just as I was gearing up to write a little review of science blogs into my inbox pops a lovely article in the latest issue of Cell that has done the job for me. Scientists Enter the Blogosphere by Laura Bonetta (Cell 129(3), 4 May 2007, Pages 443-445) notes that

1,000 or so science blogs provide authoritative opinions about pressing issues
in science, such as evolution or climate change, or aim to engage other
scientists in open and frank discussions about the scientific literature or
science policy.

She gives a number of links, including links to some key finding aids. She also mentions the phenomenon of "Blog Carnivals". Wikipedia explains:

A Blog Carnival is a type of blog event. It is similar to a
magazine, in that it is dedicated to a particular topic, and is published on a
regular schedule, often weekly or monthly. Each edition of a blog carnival is in
the form of a blog article that contains permanent links to other
blog articles on the particular topic. ... Communities of blog readers, writers, and edition hosts form around specific carnivals.

Some that are not mentioned in the article include

• Bio:blogs - a blog carnival covering bioinformatics and computational biology
• Pedro Beltrao's blog on (mainly) bioinformatics
• Seven Stones - EMBO's new systems biology blog