Science has been molded along the years by man's intrinsic curiosity and need to understand what is happening around him. It has germinated from our necessity to comprehend how things work and to ...

So, if it doesn't matter what we are, why am I going on about whether Nature considers us a blog? In short, because they're about as high profile as you get in the science world, and being featured by ...

Love them or loathe them, there's no denying that life sciences blogs are having an influence on the way researchers communicate about issues that matter to them. With the number of blogs steadily ...

The web log is intended as a new way to help NIOSH fulfill its mission of translating research into practice for preventing work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths. It is designed to provide an ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. According to “techy historians,” there were around twenty-three blogs in 1998. As of mid-February, there ...

If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...

For decades, science journalism has held a key position in conveying the ongoing endeavor of research to the public. A number of trends, some of which we've discussed here, have seriously eroded that ...

2. What will you never write about? DANGER! Danger Will Robinson! Probability of looking like an idiot in the future: high! Avert! Avert! Ahem. You’ll notice that this blog is about new research. I ...

As the temperature dropped in North Carolina this weekend, hundreds of science bloggers shared stories and ideas at the Sigma Xi headquarters in Research Triangle Park. While white flakes fell gently ...

About a year ago, in this very blog, I wrote a response to a journal editor's complaint about science bloggers. My post was both a defense of science blogging and a critique of long-standing ...

Allison McDonald has had a lot on her mind lately. She has ruminated on the common mistakes that students make when defending their theses, the identification of the flies that have invaded her office ...