Hello fellow science enthusiast! Welcome to my blog, Science My Aunt Shares. Further down in my post I explain the reason behind my blog’s name, but for now I’m going to use this paragraph to introduce myself. My name is Kaitlin and I just graduated from the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse with a degree in biology (biomedical concentration). I have minors in chemistry and professional and technical writing, but I always say that I am the worst chemistry minor ever. Although two-thirds of my degree is rooted in science, I want a career that focuses on my two academic passions, science and writing. Currently, I aspire to be a science writer, or communicator; someone who takes long words like “mitochondria” and “natural selection” and turns them into common phrases like “powerhouse of the cell” and “survival of the fittest.” Writing a blog is one of the many opportunities I have to improve upon my writing and communicate science to the public. Shall we begin?
It feels like half of my friends on Facebook are family members. My feed is constantly flooded with videos, pictures, and memes that my family members feel the need to share. My aunts are by far the most active on Facebook as they seem to comment on every profile picture I’ve had in the past nine years. Although I can always count on them to provide me with support on social media (likes and comments), some of the posts they share about science have me scratching my head. Like do penguins really have an organ that converts seawater to freshwater? Do tarantulas keep frogs as pets? Finally, I have opportunity to research these weird science facts and share what I find with an audience. Be on the lookout for my first official blog post next week!
Science Your Aunt Shares 