Credit Where Credit's Due.....

When we decided in a whole-school science dept meeting to set up this blog, I immediately thought of the efforts of my former colleagues at St. Columba's College in Dublin, Ireland. They set up "The Frog Blog" just over a year ago, and recently celebrated their 500th post. They have recently expanded into podcasting and have added a Twitter feed and Facebook page. Whilst we are still embryonic (maybe foetal now, and I make no apologies for my spelling) compared to their infant site, those 500 posts in such a short space of time are something we can aspire to. Hopefully, we could even appear on their list of "sites we like"....
So, if you have any interesting science stories or want to contribute in any way to this site, please contact us with your ideas and we will happily post them and give you full credit.

My go-to websites

I'm sure you have a pretty exclusive list of websites that you visit regularly for your science news. I have put a couple of RSS feeds on this site that give the latest headlines from the New York Times, the BBC website and the New Scientist. Below are a couple more that I check regularly (apologies for the British slant to some of these sites, but old habits are hard to break):

Bad Science: A critical look at the world of science (the book mentioned on the site is available in the Catlin Gabel library). Ben Goldacre has annoyed many politicians and celebrities by publicly challenging their pseudoscience, which makes him alright with me.

TED lectures: online lectures by a variety of interesting people (my personal favorite at the moment is this one on clever crows)

The Week in Science: articles and podcasts about the latest (and often strangest) scientific ideas and breakthroughs from KDVS, the UC Davis radio station.

This list is by no means exhaustive - what are your favorite sites? Let us know and we'll share them here.