$54k :) http://priceonomics.com/how-microryza-acquired-the-domain-ex...

Meanwhile, GivingTo.Science is sitting at $75

Is there a reason people would want to avoid newer domains like .science?

Branding. .com is the top-domain. It's synonymous with Internet companies. Without a traditional TLD, your domain doesn't even look like a domain. Instead it look s like a bunch of random.words.smashed.into.one. (Which coincidentally, is a valid domain.)

Not as much as you think. There's an interesting story behind it: http://priceonomics.com/how-microryza-acquired-the-domain-ex...

there's a story behind it, but the tl:dr is far less than you would think -- a generous scientist basically donated it.

good thing we were born lucky 🍀