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I'm just a science-interested layman. I've always enjoyed reading about the findings of science, and most of what I read as a kid was non-fiction. I always wanted to know about things and satiate my curiosity, this usually meant picking a subject and clearing out the library shelves for a couple of weeks before moving on to the next thing.
It wasn't until I got a few introductory classes in philosophy and logic at a community college and started applying them to "controversies" over scientific subjects in politics that I became really interested in the methods and inner workings of science. Basically, introduction through online debates about things like evolution and global warming led me to really start understanding what "science" means and why it's so powerful. When I started to really learn in a practical way what science is and isn't, I became even more fascinated than I was before. In fact, I would say that the Universe's mysteries seem even deeper and more awesome in light of what we know and learn about it, not despite them. Science hasn't spoiled the romance and beauty of the world by shedding light on foggy issues or dispelling superstitions that even I used to entertain, but enhanced and multiplied its appeal and grandeur. I've come to have a greater appreciation for a vast underlying reality that doesn't involve trying to shoehorn anthropocentric beliefs or prejudices into the gaps. I've found more comfort and wonder in learning how to ask questions and honestly test the answers than in being satisfied with supposition and evidence-free assertions that try to defy analysis. I've come to realize that I'd much rather know what's true than allow comfortable fantasies to keep me from learning about the world.
My favorite areas to read-up in for recreation are biology, astronomy, geology, and physics: usually at the pop-sci level. Just in the course of trying to learn about and discuss politically-divisive issues, I've already accrued a small collection of peer-reviewed literature related to Earth's climate. I tend to be more up-to-date and well-informed on these subjects than most, but I'm by no means an expert in any of them. I also enjoy reading about the history and philosophy of science, and how things inside and outside the practice have changed over the years.

Hello,

I'm currently studying for my MSc grade in [environmental] chemistry. I myself am not really into reading overall, so I'll only read the articles I have to razz
I'm mostly here to provide you with literature, since I'm still in university I have access to several databases, so if you cannot access an article perhaps I can.

Ello

Dealing with too many journal clubs and articles already, but why not.

As for me I wanted to be a physicist and then some s**t happened and I ended up somewhere else. And that will be all