I haven’t shared much book news lately, but today’s the perfect day to catch up. That’s because The Best Science Writing Online – formerly known as The Open Laboratory – has just been published by Scientific American/FSG books! I’m proud to see my essay “The Dodo is Dead, Long Live the Dodo!” printed alongside fifty other fantastic contributions from my science blogging neighbors, some of which I helped review as a judge for this edition. (Note: I didn’t vote or otherwise judge my own entries during the selection process.) This anthology includes some of the best online essays