Comments on: The Loom's Top Ten of 2010

By: Gaythia

Gaythia — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:41:19 +0000

Do you have any particular posts that you would have liked to have seen on this list? Things that you think should have had us all abuzz? Although it would be hard to forget those ducks, readership clicks don’t measure informed inspiration. It is the depth and the breadth that keep me coming back.

By: Carl Zimmer

Carl Zimmer — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:09:49 +0000

Just to clarify, these are the top ten most-read posts, not my personal top favorites.

By: Gaythia

Gaythia — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:42:44 +0000

Like 2 and 3 above, I think that this list misses many great posts. Going backwards was an opportunity to re-read some of them. But it was still difficult to think of narrowing it down to just a few top posts. So I think I’ll use the anticipatory method. My favorite will be the next one, and then the one after that. You always have come up with interesting and enlightening topics, and enlightening explanations. Keep up the excellent work!

By: gaddeswarup

gaddeswarup — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:51:13 +0000

May be my tastes in science writing are still developing but there are some other posts that I liked more. For example, the ones on Madagascar Tapeworms, Superweeds, and several articles in the Mind-Brain series which may not be strictly parts of the blog. And of course ‘How Microbes Defend and Define Us’.

By: johnk

johnk — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:34:51 +0000

No Neuroscience?

Actually, aside from Carl’s work, I don’t think there’s much interesting Neuroscience in the blogoshere.

By: HP

HP — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 03:06:46 +0000

Reading through #4, I’m reminded of a) how much I hate soap opera, and b) how much ScienceBlogs satisfied my need for soap opera. Pepsigate offered the perfect balance between elitism and schadenfreude. I suppose this makes me a horrible person. But, on the other hand, I’m glad I witnessed the whole fiasco.

Judge me? Judge me.