{"id":20869,"date":"2010-06-13T08:09:13","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T08:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/3-quarks-daily-science-prize-%e2%80%93-the-finalists-cometh-not-exactly-rocket-science\/"},"modified":"2010-06-13T08:09:13","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T08:09:13","slug":"3-quarks-daily-science-prize-%e2%80%93-the-finalists-cometh-not-exactly-rocket-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/3-quarks-daily-science-prize-%e2%80%93-the-finalists-cometh-not-exactly-rocket-science.php","title":{"rendered":"3 Quarks Daily Science Prize \u2013 the finalists cometh | Not Exactly Rocket Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"3Qd<\/a>The editors of 3 Quarks Daily have finished their deliberations and compiled a list of finalists for their Science Prize. The good news is I’m in, and thanks to everyone who submitted a post and voted for one. The bad news is that the competition is immensely stiff (although no real surprises here – these are some of the finest science bloggers around).<\/p>

It’s all down to Dawkins now.<\/p>

In no particular order, here are the finalists:<\/p>

  1. Cosmic Variance: Free Energy and the Meaning of Life<\/span><\/a><\/li>
  2. My Growing Passion: The Evolution of Chloroplasts<\/span><\/a><\/li>
  3. Not Exactly Rocket Science: Gut bacteria in Japanese people borrowed digesting genes from ocean bacteria<\/span><\/a><\/li>
  4. Observations of a Nerd: Evolution: The Curious Case of Dogs<\/span><\/a><\/li>
  5. Scientific Blogging: MSL: Mars Action Hero<\/span><\/a><\/li>
  6. The Loom: Skullcaps and Genomes<\/span><\/a><\/li>
  7. The Primate Diaries: Chimpanzees Prefer Fair Play to Reaping an Unjust Reward<\/span><\/a><\/li>
  8. The Thoughtful Animal: Does oral sex confer an evolutionary advantage? Evidence from bats<\/span><\/a><\/li>
  9. Why Evolution Is True: The Evolutionary Calculus of Depression<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol>

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