Congratulations on posting the first comment on Anthony’s Science Blog! I’m glad you liked the part about Ronald Reagan. It is curious that he has two famous tree-hating quotes…

I think the blue sky is not complicated enough for the convoluted answer you desire…blue light happens to be of wavelengths that don’t tend to be deflected by the molecules in the atmosphere. Need we say more?! I suppose I could go nuts and tell you about blackbody radiation, the electromagnetic spectrum, human visual perception of radiation in the 400-700 nm wavelengths, and of course the ever-important phenomenon of Rayleigh scattering. But I don’t really study that stuff and it’s more or less been covered elsewhere! A great science question though…one for the ages.

I hope to have a range of topics on the blog, some more technical than others. It will be interesting to see what (if anything) attracts attention from my (so far hypothetical) readers.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your first two posts, although I must admit that I found the first much easier to understand. I’ve read your second post carefully, and I’ve determined that it’s about pollution or something.

My favorite part was the paragraph about the corporate and political misuse/abuse of research findings and the snarky comment about Reagan. (What is it with that man and trees? It’s as though he had some sort of personal vendetta against them. Perhaps a tree collapsed on him when he was a child. That would explain a lot, actually.)

I have a suggestion for your blog. I think you should add a feature in which you answer basic science questions in an overly complex and inaccessible way. You could call this feature “Complex Answers to Common Questions.” I have one for you: Why is the sky blue?

Okay, get on it!