Writing on Science and Technology

Science and technology are not by any means restricted to one way of writing or the other. Instead, depending on the audience it should be written formally or informally. Not all scientific writings are written formally. Sometimes writing an explanation or detailed report informally helps translate meanings and results easier than if they were to be written formally. On the other hand, writing formally has its benefits as well.
With that being said, there are certain audience types your write to formally and certain audience types you write to informally. For instance, if you were writing about science and technology to a professor, writing formally is probably in your best interest. Likewise, generally speaking, when writing to a broad audience it is always better to be safe and write formally. Writing formally does not include writing to your friends or family. In this instance, you would probably want to write informally. Writing informally to someone you know and understand can be advantageous. You can say and do things with words that normally you would not be able to do formally. Regardless, I feel as though writing formally or informally is based on the audience you are writing to; there is no “set –in-stone” way to write to everyone.