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Kate Prengaman blogs at Xylem: An Ecology and Environment Blogand created this stunning map of ScienceOnline 2013 attendees.
I have to say, it makes me happy that the number of artists has increased so much over the last couple of years. There's more to science communication than journalism! You need effective visuals, not stock photo.
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Thanks so much to Kate for sharing this map - read more about it at Xylem!