Recommend some non-gadget and non-web tech and science blogs

MKR

I use Techmeme for the gadgets/web stuff because 99% of them say the same things about the same stuff. What I'm looking for is something like Popular Science. I already have Popular Science in my feed reader, but more options would be nice. Preferably blogs and sites that don't have 5-400 posts a day.

Skoal Cat

Do you want opinion pieces, or new studies/theories?

MKR

Skoal Cat wrote:

Do you want opinion pieces, or new studies/theories?

Anything's good as long as it's interesting. I can't read most scientific literature due to profound boredom with the writing, so not that if it's what you mean by "new studies/theories." :rotate:

Druhim

Ed Yong's "Not Exactly Rocket Science" blog is pretty great. His focus is biology.

Also Phil Plait's "Bad Astronomy" blog

SwashbucklerXX

Never mind, I mis-read the topic.

MKR

Druhim wrote:

Ed Yong's "Not Exactly Rocket Science" blog is pretty great. His focus is biology.

Also Phil Plait's "Bad Astronomy" blog

Been reading Phil Plait since BA was a manually updated page talking about the latest doomsday cult. Good stuff. And I added the other one. Thanks.

Druhim

Steve Novella's NeuroLogica blog is also pretty good reading. He mostly writes about dodgy science to outright pseudoscience nonsense and usually does a really good job of illuminating the weak links in the arguments.

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud

http://www.newscientist.com/ is fairly awesome. They flip/flop on paygating, mainly because no one reads their site when they have it, but they still keep trying it every few months.

Druhim

I find New Scientist to be a bit sensationalist.