Science Links
Looking for more places to stay in the loop on great science stories? Here’s some of my favorites (updated as I find new faves):
Brain Pickings - The most interesting place on the internet, curated by Maria Popova.
Science On!: This is a new directory of all the best science blogs on the Tumblr network. you can search by subject or tags. A real treasure-trove!
BoingBoing Science - The science posts of one of my favorite stops on the web, BoingBoing.
NatureNews - Award-winning news feed of the international weekly journal of science, probably the best in the biz.
Phenomena - National Geographic’s “science salon” featuring the work of these greats: Ed Yong, Carl Zimmer, Brian Switek, and Virginia Hughes.
Need a combination of laughs and wows? Check out these comics, etc: XKCD and XKCD’s What If?, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, PHD Comics, Zen Pencils, Sci-ence.
Scientific American Blogs - What I think is the premier science blog network out there right now. Too many great ones to name.
Science-Based Life: Kyle Hill collects the good stuff. One of my favorite stops.
Wired Science - A feed of their blog network combined with all the Wired.com science content.
PLoS Blogs - Hand-picked bloggers for the Public Library of Science, some very talented science wordsmiths over here (including Steve Silberman and Deborah Blum).
Tumblr’s Science Spotlight - Great science Tumblrs, hand-picked (including this one!)
Tumblr’s Science Tag: Editors pick the best posts (usually) from the Tumblr network to be featured here. A little prone to the sins of copy/paste, but always something fun to find.
ScienceDaily - Tidal wave of science news, every day. Warning, press releases ahead.
Reddit’s Science Page - It’s Reddit, so you never know what you’ll get. Also check out r/SoftScience.
ScienceSeeker.org: A real-time aggregated feed of the best in research and scientific-blogging. Drink from the firehose of insightful science coverage from bloggers worldwide.
