July 5, 2012

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By Lucas Brouwers

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This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American

Today, the Scientific American blogging network celebrates its very first birthday. It has been a tremendous ride so far, and I would really like to thank you for reading along so far, but there's one little question I wanted to get out of the way first:

Who are you?

You see, writing this blog is fun. Loads of fun. I get to cover science I am interested in, and there are no editors hacking and slashing my writings to pieces. Here, there's only one person with full editorial control, and I like his style.

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That said, I have no idea whether you like this blog. I can see how many of you click, like, stumble and tweet, but I haven't the faintest clue who you are or why you read this blog. So I want to follow Ed Yong's excellent example, and ask you some questions to get a better idea of who you are and why you come here. Are you a scientist yourself, or ? How did you find this blog? Do you like what you read, or are there other topics I should cover more?

It doesn't matter if you've never commented before or don't want to say much, but please take the stage and leave a comment behind.

Thank you!

My name is Lucas Brouwers. Most of my writings here will concern evolution somehow, which is the one topic that fascinates most. I like exploring evolution through bioinformatics or molecular biology, though I won't eschew other fields of science if the topic is interesting. Please call out any mistakes I might make while doing so! Science is amazing and I love writing about science. I currently write for a daily Dutch newspaper, where I hope I can convince others of the awesomeness of science and evolution.

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