Science Blogs
Blogging has taken some disciplines by storm - most notably journalism. But where does blogging fit into the realm of scientific communication? Like most professionals, scientists are using blogs to comment on the new, notable and less notable developments in their fields. ScienceBlogs http://www.scienceblogs.com/ is a collection of 40 Science Blogs hosted by Seed Magazine and authored primarily by scientists in academia. A couple notable blogs in this collection are:
Aetiology http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/ - written by Tara C Smith, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. This blog "discuss[es] causes, origins, evolution and implications of disease and other phenomena"
Pharyngula http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/- written by PZ Myers, an Associate Professor in Biology at the University of Minnesota, Morris. This blog critiques Intelligent Design and averages 13,000 hits a day.
The first Science Blogging Conference http://wiki.blogtogether.org/blogtogether/show/HomePage was held at the University of North Carolina, CH January 18-20, 2007.
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