First month of #Science140

It's one month since we kicked off the Science 140 project and the response has been unbelievable. We just wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on the past month and thank everyone who has participated so far. 

The past 30 days have surpassed our expectations! #Science140 highlights:

 ^ 170 brilliant contributors

 ^ 919 submissions (as of this morning)

 ^ 20,585 words & 112,955 characters worth of tweets!

 — 24 science topic challenges 

 — "Science jokes" was the most popular topic with over 150 hilarious tweets

 U Announcement of our charity partner - Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland

All the contributors have used their creativity to squeeze science into 140 characters. Thanks so much to everyone who has supported and contributed to Science 140. In particular we'd like to mention the following serial contributors:

• Markus ★ Hammonds  @InvaderXan (90 submissions!)
• Paul Lavin  @plavin1922 (76 submissions!)
• Michael Habib  @aeroevo
• Stephen Uitti  @suitti
• Science Geeks  @SciGeeks
• Russell Dornan  @RussellDornan
• Alice Sheppard  @PenguinGalaxy
• Ness T  @ceaselessness
• Peter Board  @PBCSciTutor
• Aonghus Ó hAlmhain  @aonghusoha
• Brian Goulet  @CapitainOmega
• Fiona Doris  @FionaDoris

Science 140 will be collating tweets for another 2 months so keep your tweets coming and look out for daily challenges!

- The Science 140 Team