Comments on: Yo Readers: Who Are You? And What Would You Name a Subatomic Particle?

By: Joseph Calamia

Joseph Calamia — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:48:21 +0000

Thanks for reading and commenting. Linda, I want a subatomic particle to be called partyon too. A favorite acronym is DONUT, Fermilab’s 1997 project for Direct Observation of NU Tau.

By: Eliza Strickland

Eliza Strickland — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:36:40 +0000

Thanks, readers! Lovely to meet you all. For my superpower I would like to be able to add a cat to any situation, in the style of the add-a-cat app. -- Eliza, DISCOVER online news editor

By: Cara

Cara — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:41:04 +0000

I am a a woman in my late twenties with practically no formal science background, but a deep curiosity for and love of science. I live in NYC and am a lawyer. I would never want to be a snake (being unable to warm or cool myself would be absolutely no fun). I would want the ability to identify any piece of music at will. I would have found a near-Earth object and I would name it Gorn.

By: Doctor Crankenstein

Doctor Crankenstein — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:32:21 +0000

I’m a 20 year-old university student from Australia doing a dual-degree In Science (Physics/Computer/Math) and Secondary Education. I’m currently a student teacher at a school with a large proportion of ESL students where I teach basic math and reading. I came across one of the Discover blogs a few weeks ago through Google Blog Search and subscribed to all of them with google reader immediately. They are both Interesting and Informative and in my opinion some of the best science blogs on the internet. I also have a blog myself where I talk about all sorts of things but mostly relating to Science, Education and Religion (I’m an Atheist).

I wouldn’t want to be a mayfly or any other incredibly short lived creature

I know nothing about iphone apps. I have an omnia…

GENIUS: Germanium Nitrogen Underground Setup, a proposed experiment by Gran Sasso and Heidelberg to operate Ge detectors in liquid nitrogen. – I don’t like self professed awesome

If I discovered a subatomic particle I would call it Asimov

By: MT-LA

MT-LA — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:15:44 +0000

Hey there, disco. I’m Matt T from Los Angeles. Currently a mechanical engineer for the US Navy. I’ve been reading Discover since about 6th grade, and I’ve always found the magazine entertaining and informative. I REALLY miss the “Light Elements” section of the magazine, along with the logic puzzles that used to appear at the end of the published mag.
Anyways, keep up the good work Eliza (and, I suppose, the other bloggers)!

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:05:11 +0000

I have just received my degree in Physics and Astronomy, and now I’m doing a summer internship in physics outreach. In a few months I’m going to a grad program in science communication.

If I discovered a subatomic particle, I would disregard the rules set forth in this post and call it a “partyon.” And I’ve always wanted to discover an asteroid so that I could name it after my dog, Comet.

By: Em

Em — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:54:04 +0000

I’m just a young CAD Operator with a lot of interest in engineering, technology, and psychology. I’ve been reading the different blogs on the Discover website for about a year after remembering how I used to have Discovermagazine.com as my home page.

The animal I would never want to be would be a female bean weevil. I know, it’s an insect, not what people generally think of when the term ‘animal’ comes up.