Disappearing The Science News

I have some hope for a happy coexistence between blogs about science and older forms of media. I don't think blogs will ever supplant newspapers and magazines, nor I do I think they're killing them like a parasite destroying its host. In fact, blogs may be able to act as a new kind of quality-control mechanism. I know that not all my colleagues on the old-media side of the divide are so optimistic. You'd be hard-pressed to find a snootier distillation of their scorn than something Independent sc