About
thegist is a Smithsonian blog that provides a quick, casual scoop on the latest stories across the entire spectrum of science.
Enter this online scientific café of sorts, a place where you can read about—and comment on—new research from biologists, geologists, paleontologists, cosmologists … well, you get thegist.
The Bloggers
virginiahughes, who holds a master’s in science writing from Johns Hopkins University, is an editorial assistant at ScienceBlogs and has written for several science publications, including Discover and Nature.
hughpowell, who holds a master’s in avian ecology, has written for New Scientist, served as a writer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and blogged at surf.bird.scribble. In late 2007 he will be posting from Antarctica about International Polar Year research.
Disclaimer
The opinions expressed on thegist do not necessarily represent the views of the Smithsonian Institution or or Smithsonian Publishing. Smithsonian.com reserves the right to remove blog comments that it deems defamatory, obscene, commercial in nature, or otherwise unacceptable.
