Science blog posts in print? It’ll never work. Only it does. Every year, Bora Zivkovic and his panel of judges pick the 50 best blog posts from the previous 12 months and republish them in book form. This year’s winners, to be included in The Open Laboratory 2009 , have just been announced , and include four entries from Nature Network:

Eye-opening access, by Stephen Curry on Reciprocal Space.

A Squishy Topic by Eva Amsen on Expression Patterns.

In Which I Ramp Up, Jennifer Rohn on Mind The Gap.

Male chauvinist chimps or the meat market of public opinion by Eric Michael Johnson on The Primate Diaries (which has now moved to Scienceblogs).

Congratulations to Stephen, Eva, Jenny and Michael. The shortlist of 50 was whittled down from 760 entries, so this is no mean feat. Jenny and Eva’s posts also featured in the best three Nature Network posts from 2009 (as shortlisted by Lou and M@ and voted for by you guys).