Weekly Science Picks
FollowSundays. They were meant for science. Without any further ado…
For all those who have always thought about doing what we here at Australian Science do — science blogging — here are some word-shaped pearls of wisdom.
Should you write a science blog?
“I used to think there should really be more scientists blogging. That’s because for me science journalism not so much a source of information but a source of news. It tells me where the action is and points into a direction. If it seems interesting I’ll go and look up the references, but if it’s not a field close to my own I prefer if somebody who actually works on the topic offers an opinion. And I don’t mean a cropped sentence with a carefully chosen adjective and politically correct grammar. In some research areas, quantum gravity one of them, there really aren’t many researchers offering first-hand opinions. Shame on you.