Science Weekly podcast: How blogs are changing science

In a special podcast from North Carolina, Alok Jha goes right to the heart of global science blogging at Science Online 2011 . Hundreds of scientists, students, journalists, librarians, bloggers and programmers met to discuss how the web is changing the way science is communicated, taught and carried out. We look at how this relatively new medium has evolved over the past few years and ask: what role does it now play and where does it fit into modern science? Is it changing how science is reported? Are there additional challenges for women who want to blog about science? Why do some choose to remain anonymous? There's even a Star Wars joke thrown in for good geeky measure. Ed Yong tells us about Britain's blogging scene - and lets us in on the secret of how much money there is to be made from it. Did Alok finally get to meet the enigma who is Bora Zivkovic ? Is he even real? Finally, after making the acquaintance of one half of NPR's Radiolab programme, Jad Abumrad , a few weeks ago , we get to speak to the other half, Robert Krulwich . In other news, The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast is going on-air in the United States! We can't believe it either. Remix Radio on PRX is going to be broadcasting our lovely little programmes. Why not tell your public radio station to put it in their schedules too! Here are the links to all the bloggers we spoke to and the blogs we spoke about: Mind Hacks by Vaughan Bell Observations of a Nerd by Christie Wilcox Neurotic Physiology by Scicurious Science Seeker , an aggregator Not Exactly Rocket Science by Ed Yong Bad Astronomy by Phil Plait The Loom by Carl Zimmer Laelaps by Brian Switek Frontal Cortex by Jonah Lehrer Neuron Culture by David Dobbs Superbug by Maryn McKenna NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman The Gleaming Retort by John Rennie Science 3.0 by Mark Hahnel John Hawks' Weblog Thoughtomics by Lucas Brouwers Krulwich Wonders by Robert Krulwich A Blog Around the Clock by Bora Zivkovic Scientific American blogs The science comedian by Brian Malow Subscribe for free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed ). Meet the Guardian's own crack team of science bloggers : The Lay Scientist by Martin Robbins Life and Physics by Jon Butterworth Punctuated Equilibrium by GrrlScientist Political Science by Evan Harris Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science . Email [email protected] . Guardian Science is now on Facebook . You can also join our Science Weekly Facebook group . We're always here when you need us, listen back through our archive .