For readers who are interested in knowing more about the virtual world Second Life, there is a nice article on the Booksquare blog called Publishers Explore the Metaverse in which the writer has trawled Second Life to see what (book) publishers are up to there. Perhaps more directly relevant to readers of Nautilus is a post called A sampler of science in Second Life on Troy McConaghy’s Nature Network blog, Science in the Metaverse.

After seeing all the online activity there, Nature journal authors might want to consider giving a virtual talk in Second Life. Drop a line in the comments, if so, or contact Joanna Scott of our web publishing department (Joanna Wombat in Second Life).