I have tried to avoid too much navel gazing here during the past few months, but a new paper published in the journal Evolution: Education and Outreach by Adam Goldstein has raised the question “Of what use are evolution blogs?”

Before we can answer this question, of course, we have to ask “What is an evolution blog?” There is not a simple answer. Goldstein considers an evolution blog to be a science blog that is intended “to provide information [about evolution], steering away from the controversies over creationism and intelligent design.” The extent to which a blog must “steer away” from discussions of creationism to be considered an evolution blog is not made clear, but it appears that any