Social media for science: Geological perspective

Last week, I spent a pleasant hour over lunch talking to my 60-year-old aunt and her 80-something husband about “this Twitter thing” and how one defines a blog. They had heard that social media had played a role in the protests in Egypt and wanted to learn more. Good students, they nodded and asked questions as I showed them the screens and tools on my computer in a restaurant chosen mostly because it had wi-fi

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Social media for science: Geological perspective