Comments on: Spread the word… http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Muerte Mallard http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-858 Muerte Mallard Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:44:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-858 I'm a technology Architect with a vast Blue technology company and I spend my day leaning back in my chair for seconds and sometimes even minutes a day waiting for the correct inspiration to strike. I like this blog for the range and depth of its content, the effort put in to finding, explaining and commenting on the subjects it chooses. I found it through Bad Astronomy, and it's now a regular stopover when I feel the urge to trawl or surf the nets. I’m a technology Architect with a vast Blue technology company and I spend my day leaning back in my chair for seconds and sometimes even minutes a day waiting for the correct inspiration to strike.

I like this blog for the range and depth of its content, the effort put in to finding, explaining and commenting on the subjects it chooses.

I found it through Bad Astronomy, and it’s now a regular stopover when I feel the urge to trawl or surf the nets.

]]> By: Miss bombardier beetle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-857 Miss bombardier beetle Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:26:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-857 I'm a high school student who started reading children's science magazines like Ask and Muse in 3rd grade. When I grew out of those magazines, I started reading the books that the articles were from. That's how I found some of my favorite books like Superbug and Beating Back the Devil. I found your blog through a Muse article on Megaphragma mymaripenne. This summer I'm volunteering at the California Academy of Sciences as a Teen Advocate for Science Communication. For the application I had to write a science limerick, so here it is: There once was a wasp on a thrips All other wasps this one outstrips It does manage to fly With few nuclei And away the tiny wasp zips! I’m a high school student who started reading children’s science magazines like Ask and Muse in 3rd grade. When I grew out of those magazines, I started reading the books that the articles were from. That’s how I found some of my favorite books like Superbug and Beating Back the Devil. I found your blog through a Muse article on Megaphragma mymaripenne. This summer I’m volunteering at the California Academy of Sciences as a Teen Advocate for Science Communication. For the application I had to write a science limerick, so here it is:
There once was a wasp on a thrips
All other wasps this one outstrips
It does manage to fly
With few nuclei
And away the tiny wasp zips!

]]> By: Pam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-856 Pam Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:52:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-856 This is my third time on this thread so I guess I've been following you for at least three years. Doesn't seem that long. I love it. I am an artist with a degree in philosophy and an insatiable curiosity which reading this blog helps sate. I look for interconnectedness in things for inspiration for my artwork so this blog again often provides insights. I recommend and repost some of my favorites of your posts hoping others will also find them fascinating. I love the variety - it's a virtual beverage bar for a thirsty mind. Thank you Ed. This is my third time on this thread so I guess I’ve been following you for at least three years. Doesn’t seem that long. I love it. I am an artist with a degree in philosophy and an insatiable curiosity which reading this blog helps sate. I look for interconnectedness in things for inspiration for my artwork so this blog again often provides insights. I recommend and repost some of my favorites of your posts hoping others will also find them fascinating. I love the variety – it’s a virtual beverage bar for a thirsty mind. Thank you Ed.

]]> By: Christine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-855 Christine Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:04:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-855 I'm a lawyer and mother of two teenage boys. I read your blog to have interesting things to talk to my sons about and share the world together. Also, not to make you self-conscious, I've been trying to parse what makes your writing so effective in order to improve my own writing, particularly blog articles on the law. Finally, it's just interesting! I’m a lawyer and mother of two teenage boys. I read your blog to have interesting things to talk to my sons about and share the world together. Also, not to make you self-conscious, I’ve been trying to parse what makes your writing so effective in order to improve my own writing, particularly blog articles on the law. Finally, it’s just interesting!

]]> By: Marja Kingma http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-854 Marja Kingma Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:04:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-854 I am collection manager for Science Technology and Medicine at the British Library. Check us out on www.bl.uk/science. We have a fan page on Facebook, too. http://tinyurl.com/355azur I am interested in how scientists find and use information, and especially if and how they use Web 2.0 tools. Your blog is an excellent example of how to do that well. Keep it up! I am collection manager for Science Technology and Medicine at the British Library. Check us out on http://www.bl.uk/science. We have a fan page on Facebook, too. http://tinyurl.com/355azur
I am interested in how scientists find and use information, and especially if and how they use Web 2.0 tools. Your blog is an excellent example of how to do that well. Keep it up!

]]> By: Who’s Out There? | The Intersection | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-853 Who’s Out There? | The Intersection | Discover Magazine Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:11:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-853 [...] Ed Yong wanted to find out about who was reading his blog, he  started a thread to see what kind of information he could gather. Now it’s two years later, and he’s [...] [...] Ed Yong wanted to find out about who was reading his blog, he  started a thread to see what kind of information he could gather. Now it’s two years later, and he’s [...]

]]> By: Jessica http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-852 Jessica Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:53:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-852 I'm a 27-year-old former neuroscience graduate student. I now work at a university medical center and provide assistance with writing papers for publication, which I enjoy immensely. I read this blog because it's a way to find articles on fascinating subjects, some of which I use as examples in class. I’m a 27-year-old former neuroscience graduate student. I now work at a university medical center and provide assistance with writing papers for publication, which I enjoy immensely. I read this blog because it’s a way to find articles on fascinating subjects, some of which I use as examples in class.

]]> By: Roy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-851 Roy Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:41:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-851 I'm a science/policy junkie with degrees in wildlife resource management, environmental science, environmental planning, and water resource policy. I found you via Google while reading about Ida and searching for the orginal paper (always best to read the stuff yourself IF you have the time). Good stuff here. I'll be back. I’m a science/policy junkie with degrees in wildlife resource management, environmental science, environmental planning, and water resource policy.
I found you via Google while reading about Ida and searching for the orginal paper (always best to read the stuff yourself IF you have the time).
Good stuff here. I’ll be back.

]]> By: françoise ibarrondo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-850 françoise ibarrondo Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:04:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-850 I write a biology science blog "evo-bio" (http://evobio.blog.lemonde.fr/) and I love beginning each day by reading your great posts. Thank you ED, Françoise I write a biology science blog “evo-bio” (http://evobio.blog.lemonde.fr/) and I love beginning each day by reading your great posts. Thank you ED,
Françoise

]]> By: danika http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-849 danika Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:02:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/07/23/spread-the-word/#comment-849 I'm a poet, and I read your blog because it's a good survey of a variety of information animal, vegetable, mineral I might not otherwise come across, and can file away for use in poems. I've also found it's a good source of material for keeping a conversation lively - I often find one article or another you've written about allows me to ask more interesting questions of someone I meet or see. I’m a poet, and I read your blog because it’s a good survey of a variety of information animal, vegetable, mineral I might not otherwise come across, and can file away for use in poems. I’ve also found it’s a good source of material for keeping a conversation lively – I often find one article or another you’ve written about allows me to ask more interesting questions of someone I meet or see.

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