Why Files site named ‘Best of the Web’ again

For the second year in a row, Popular Science has named The Why Files, a UW–Madison web site, as one of the 50 best science destinations on the World Wide Web.

Popular Science’s Best of the Web

The purpose of The Why Files, http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu, is to explore, in depth, issues of science and technology — from cloning to neutrinos — that lie behind the news of the day.

As it did last year, The Why Files leads the news category of Popular Science’s fifty “hottest sci-tech sites.” It was one of only a few sites to be included a second time in the rankings produced by the world’s largest science and technology magazine.

“If it’s in the news and involves science, chances are The Why Files will be ready with some in-depth, science-behind-the-news answers that give you the perspective that the headlines can’t,” writes Popular Science Senior Contributing Editor Chris O’Malley in the magazine’s September issue.

The latest citation is among more than a score of web citations and awards that the site has received in its four years on the World Wide Web.

The Why Files was founded in 1995 under the auspices of the National Institute for Science Education with support from the National Science Foundation. The Graduate School now supports it.