| From the Editor |
| Written by Terry Evans | |
| Sunday, 13 January 2008 | |
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Welcome to the tenth issue of BlueSci! Within the following pages, you will find a host of entertaining and informative articles; our editorial aim has been to include a wide range of scientific topics, and to make them comprehensible to all. Our agenda includes more serious issues, too. The ARTS AND REVIEWS article discusses the dissemination of knowledge via blogs. Whilst publishing scientific material that has not been peer reviewed remains controversial, it is gaining in popularity. For example, Nature Precedings was recently established by Nature Publishing Group as an online forum for presenting preliminary findings and opinion. This theme is extended in A DAY IN THE LIFE OF... where the Chief Scientific Advisor to HM Government discusses journalistic and editorial responsibility. In a climate where we are so frequently exposed to scare-mongering and scandal, it can be difficult to know what to believe— but Professor King’s message is clear: “Science can inform!” Whilst Professor King gives a run-down of what the big issues facing the world are (in relation to climate change, he has suggested that as many as three billion lives hang on 3ºC), our HISTORY article trains its lens on the other side of the stratosphere, and tells the story of Cambridge’s role in elucidating the structure of the cosmos. Our FOCUS article takes us from the incomprehensibly vast to the vanishingly small: it tells how £5 billion is being spent on a single experiment to explode subatomic particles—an experiment that may explain phenomena such as gravity and mass. The tale is extraordinary, highly readable, and clear detail is provided for the aficionados in the text boxes. Go on—take a dip into the world of particle physics! Terry John Evans issue-editor@bluesci.org |
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