Saturday, June 14, 2008

Sciencing in the blogopshere

If it was up to me, the word "blogosphere" would not be a word. But sciencing would be. How's that for trashing the language?

I've started a new blog: Ask a Scientician. Along with select colleagues, acquaintances, and cronies, I'll be answering general questions relating to science and how the world works. The site it an attempt to get people to ask the questions they have to a person who is actually in a position to answer them well and not their Uncle Joe who doesn't know astronomy from astrology. Questions like "why should I not cook re-frozen chicken?" or "what the hell is dark matter anyway?" are good targets, but feel free to ask anything. You can ask here or send them to the email addresses posted on Ask a Scientician. We'll also be posting tidbits that discuss and hopefully dispel some of the common myths surrounding climate change, evolution, stem cells, and other controversial topics.

It's kind of like Mythbusters, but without the supreme hotness of Kari. And instead of doing the experiments, we'll just be stealing answers other scientists have already found

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are you sure we can't get Kari? She's not too far from where I live.

Brandon said...

We could always try. It would definitely increase traffic.

Anonymous said...

Is Bret going to be joining us as well?