Posted on December 26, 2016  Comments (0)

These were the most popular (by number of page views) posts on our blog in 2016.

• Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (2008)
• Underwater Pedestrian Walkway (2011)
• Science Sort of Explains: Hiccups (2008)
• Why is it Colder at Higher Elevations? (2008)

John Hunter, Olympic National Park (where the mountain peaks are colder and covered in snow)

• Ranking Countries by Scientific Publication Citations: USA, UK, Germany… (2015)
• How Lysozyme Protein in Our Tear-Drops Kill Bacteria (2012)
• Science Toys You Can Make With Your Kids (2005)
• Loan Forgiveness Program for Engineering Students (2008)
• S&P 500 CEO’s: Engineering is the Most Common Major (2009)
• 3D Printing at Home: Today, Challenges and Opportunities (2015)

• Science and Optical Illusions (2010)
• Cleaning Up the Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans (2016) *
• Top Countries for Science and Math Education: Finland, Hong Kong and Korea (2010 – showing 2009 PISA results, related: PISA Science Education Results Show Singapore, Japan and Estonia Leading (2016)
• Neil Degrasse Tyson: Scientifically Literate See a Different World (2009)*
• Molten Salt Solar Reactor Approved by California (2010)
• Nanotechnology Breakthroughs for Computer Chips (2007)
• Using Bacteria to Carry Nanoparticles Into Cells (2007)
• Bitbeam: Open Source Hardware Prototyping Platform (2016)*
• Backyard Wildlife: Fox (2016)*
• Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe Hybrid Image (2009)

* new to the top 20 list this year (blogs posts from 2009, 2016[3])

The fox in my backyard from the post mentioned above. Photo by John Hunter.

This list shows how popular old posts can remain over time. All of the top 10 this year were in the top 20 last year and 16 of the top 20 repeated. The 20th most popular this year was actually the top 20 science and engineering blog posts from last year (but I decided to include the next one instead.

7 of the top 20 this year were also in the top 20 in 2014. The distribution over the years of publication of the posts in the list this year:

2016: 3
2015: 2

2012: 1
2011: 1
2010: 3
2009: 3
2008: 4
2007: 2

2005: 1