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• Apfel: Art and Science Amelia Apfel, a young science writer with a stellar pedigree, writes about the science-art-communication crossover in ...
• Apfel: Tide Power The Northwest plugs into river energy, so why not the Puget Sound? Amelia Apfel, writing in ...
• Aronwald: What’s Up With Teens? Rhonda Aronwald has one, so she asked an expert: why are teens so wacky and what ...
• Barlow: What Ted Kennedy and the Oregon Ducks Have In Common References to both the late Massachusetts senator and the mighty Duck football team show up in ...
• Bauman: At the Movies Valerie Bauman, staff writer for Puget Sound Business Journal, writes about health care, including a $12 ...
• Berkowitz: Happy Anniversary, Deepwater Horizon Seems like only yesterday, but Rachel Berkowitz reminds us it’s been 3 years since the massive ...
• Boyle and James: In Your Ear Want to hear the soothing voices of Alan Boyle and Sally James updating you on the ...
• Boyle: Here’s Winking at You, Neil Alan Boyle tells us the best way to remember Neil Armstrong, and it’s as easy as ...
• Boyle: It’s All Politics Conservatives are increasingly skeptical about science, reports Alan Boyle. (Paradoxically, he says, they are not likely ...
• Bradbury: Occupy Science Great project but no funding? Michael C. Bradbury, former NSWA board member, says take it to ...
• Clark: Great Wines Finish Last What do winemakers look for in a wine (that everyday consumers don’t want)? Brian Clark tells ...
• Cramer: Big Bang or Big Groan? John G. Cramer gives us a sound bite of the birth (or at least early childhood) ...
• Damlo: Click Here for Puppies where to buy cigarettes img class=”ngg-singlepic ngg-left” alt=”OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA” src=”http://nwscience.org/wp-content/gallery/sciencewire/1.jpg” />NSWA board member Sherri Damlo is ...
• DeWeerdt: Global Autism Dilemma Autism is found in all countries, notes Sarah DeWeerdt. But cultural differences—such as whether kids recognize ...
• Dolan: Oyster Fate A little lemon is nice with oysters, but Maria Dolan, writing for Slate, says that’s as ...
• Dolan: Taxonomy of Headaches Maria Dolan explains the four categories of headaches in the latest Northwest Health, Group Health’s quarterly ...
• Doughton: Big Rip: The Title Says It All Who says the Northwest is overdue for a megaquake? Sandi Doughton and the scientists she reports ...
• Doughton: Gates Gets Controversial Bill and Melinda show no fear. Sandi Doughton, NSWA board member and Seattle Times science reporter, ...
• Doughton: Seahawks and Gray Matter Sandi Doughton connects football, war injuries, and dementia. The common node is Microsoft Founder and Seattle ...
• Doughton: Shot in the Arm What happened to the stimulus? Sandi Doughton, Seattle Times science reporter and NSWA board member, looks ...
• Fernando Gonzalez: Hot Sauce What does a sensory biophysicist like Ivan Fernando Gonzalez taste when he eats chips and salsa? ...
• Fleishman: True Tones Glenn Fleishman, blogging (AND with this month’s cover story) at The Economist, describes what happens when ...
• Floyd-Pautler: What You See is What You Hear Marimbas are the method in a story at The Hearing Lab, Nedra Floyd-Pautler’s website on hearing ...
• Frischman: Snakes on a Blog Python eggs are bigger than meatballs, and Carol Frischman shows ‘em off on her blog, This ...
• Gayle: Spread It Around Richard Gayle digs into the November election for tips on open-sourced, open-access, crowd-sourced management. See his ...
• Geggel: Concussion Spotting Just in time for football season, Laura Geggel, an intern at Popular Science, reports on a ...
• Geggel: Princess and the Pea how to get your ex girlfriend back img class=”ngg-singlepic ngg-left” src=”http://nwscience.org/wp-content/gallery/sciencewire/450px-the_royal_family_on_the_balcony_cropped.jpg” alt=”450px-the_royal_family_on_the_balcony_cropped” />Kate really is ill, says ...
• Geiger: Messages from Mercury  Mars usually hogs all the planet news. But Beth Geiger has a story about what we ...
• Gibbs: Modern at Home Drooling over the Modernist Cuisine photos and recipes, but no room for a spray-dryer, autoclave, or ...
• Gibbs: Without an Index, a Book is a Doorstop Q & A conducted by John W. Henson, MD I have a personal rule in buying books: no ...
• Gilbert: Toxicology—For Free! The free e-book A Small Dose of Toxicology is now available in a second edition from ...
• Gohring: Moto-town Thinking of trading an iPhone for a Google Moto X? Nancy Gohring cut through the hype, ...
• Golard: Your Brain on Eureka How does your brain keep up with new ideas like the iPad, while still recognizing Bill ...
• Gordon: Humbugs Nothing says the the holidays like a NSWA member with a fried arachnid. David George Gordon ...
• Guiden: Cory’s Addiction Pulling together Glee, drugs and ADHD, Mary Guiden, public relations specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, goes ...
• Heisel: Rounding Down Obesity rates are increasing, but William Heisel reports that people say they are losing weight. What’s ...
• Hibachi: White Elephants, Yellow Rain, and a NSWA Mystery The University of Washington’s Stratus: Journal of Arts and Writing has a chilling story about global nuclear disasters ...
• Hickey: Drop Everything Can a drop of water on a lotus leaf inspire a cell phone app? Hannah Hickey ...
• Hickey: UW Grand Opening We’re late to the party, but in UW Today, Hannah Hickey describes the new Molecular and ...
• Hill: Warrior One Jana Hill brings expertise in yoga and medicine to “Guide to Understanding Yoga and Breast Cancer,” ...
• Hopp: Dinosaurs, Part 3 how to get your ex back em>Book three in Thomas P. Hopp’s Dinosaur Wars series is out ...
• Hopp: Neah Bay Intrigue Thomas P. Hopp puts medical sleuth Dr. Peyton McKean back to work in a new thriller, ...
• how to know your ex gf want you back Getting My X Girl Friend Back and how to get your ex back or I Want To Get ...
• how to win your wife back after drug addition miss ex who lost our baby and how to win your husband back or how to get your ...
• Hughes: Just What IS the Placebo Effect? It’s a familiar idea that means “it’s all in your head,” right? Rebecca Hughes, Group Health ...
• Illman: Team Players Science and Technology Centers use team science to tackle big problems: from managing the information of ...
• James: At the Movies with Angelina Sally James, past NSWA president, is also a science explainer—and now a film promoter. Sally tells ...
• James: Business in Our Genes Personalized medicine based on our genomic data is coming, but when? Sally James looks at six ...
• James: Gettin’ Higgy with It Our own NSWA President Sally James toasts and drinks and applauds and cheers into the wee ...
• James: iTeam iphone, iPad, iPS* cells, step aside for iGEM, writes Sally James for UW Today. The annual ...
• Jarvis: Climate Change. It’s Real. Isn’t it? Brooke Jarvis (@brookejarvis) reports for Rolling Stone that meterologists who take the long view see ...
• Kelley: Plan B for Earthlings? Peter Kelley describes a cluster of super-earths, recently discovered and just 22 light-years away, in a ...
• Krieger: Napoleon, Turkey, and the 5-second Rule Emily Krieger relieves our youth of misinformation in Myths Busted!: Just When You Thought You Knew ...
• Lang: You Sure? Tom Lang, science communication expert and coach, dissects an 11-word sentence from the abstract of a ...
• Lindley: A History of Depression Robin Lindley explains the ups and downs of depression over the years in an interview with ...
• Lindley: Ready for Flu Season Robin Lindley, writing for History News Network, has reassuring news about pandemics in an interview with ...
• Lockwood: Electronics Without (Too Much) Guilt And when you dump your old phone, Deirdre Lockwood has some good news about what might ...
• Long: A Time for Hope During the darkest month of the year, Priscilla Long muses on environmental disaster, species extinction, climate ...
• Long: Roundup Priscilla Long celebrates her second year of writing “Science Frictions” for The American Scholar with a ...
• Long: So Long…For Now Priscilla Long closes out “Science Frictions,” her column in The American Scholar, with a lovely essay ...
• Long: Your Hidden Pets Priscilla Long reminds us what we might have forgotten about spiders from basic biology class or ...
• Ma: The Sound of Music How does a cello sound through cochlear implants? Michelle Ma posts a simulation, before and after ...
• Mapes: A News Series Reborn An award-winning newspaper series from Linda Mapes with stunning photos by Steve Ringman is now Elwha: ...
• Mapes: And the Winner Is… …Lynda Mapes, for the series “Elwha: The Grand Experiment.” The multimedia project described the ecological effects ...
• Martin: Go to Bed Up your game on the court and at the office with a simple tip from Michelle ...
• McCarthy: Decide for Yourself VOTE! And if you are unsure about the healthcare issue, Michael McCarthy has two articles for ...
• McCarthy: Decide for Yourself my ex girlfriend img class=”ngg-singlepic ngg-left” src=”http://nwscience.org/wp-content/gallery/sciencewire/doc-pt.png” alt=”doc-pt” />When, if ever, should you get your knees replaced? ...
• McCarthy: Drug Double-whammy Combination therapy is the future of cancer treatment, writes Michael McCarthy in the Puget Sound Business ...
• McCarthy: SCOTUS Watch Get a sane, objective guide to the Obamacare Supreme Court case—what’s happened so far and what ...
• McCarthy: Your Daily Dose Michael McCarthy now reports daily on health care business, global health policy, medical ethics, and more ...
• McElroy: Baby Talk We’re born to talk, writes NSWA Vice President Molly McElroy. She shows how researchers at the ...
• McElroy: Your Desk Is Not That Bad Or rather, the clutter in your workspace could be worse. How? Molly McElroy, public information officer ...
• McGuire: Full Fat or Skim? Michelle (Shelley) McGuire has a lot on her plate—and in her glass. Her recent scholarly article ...
• Merrick: Saving the Planet, Making Us Rich Tim Merrick of the Idaho U.S. Geological Survey makes a big pitch for geoscience in a ...
• Miner: Berlin to Seattle, Minus HIV Did you know the Berlin Patient is from Seattle? Mindy Miner adds local color to the ...
• Miner: Biodiversity and You The microbes in and on your body might be more important for health than your genes. ...
• Miner: Who’s Who in Vaccine Research The monthly newsletter VIDD Vitals takes us inside Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Vaccine and Infectious ...
• Mónica Feliú-Mójer: Visual Wow Mónica Feliú-Mójer (@moefeliu) shows us how a personal website is done, highlighting her work as a ...
• Naam: Election Science In time for election day, Ramez Naam lays out the science of Washington State ballot initiative ...
• Neeley: Trust Me Truth or trust, what matters in science communication? Liz Neeley (@LizNeeley), assistant director of science Outreach ...
• Neeley: Your Compass to Communication THE hot, open-access journal series is PLoS, and Liz Neeley has a new article in PLoS ...
• Nelson: A Warm HUG Bryn Nelson shows how luxury, energy-efficiency, and art come together at a sustainable living campus. In ...
• Nelson: Greensell Giant flatscreens and environmentalism are completely compatible in Bryn Nelson’s New York Times article on marketing ...
• Nelson: Sane and Green  Bryn Nelson tells us how to keep it real in the new Science Writers’ Handbook: Everything ...
• Nijhuis: Right There in Black and White Forget your camera phone, writes Michelle Nijhuis in the New Yorker. A 19th-century daguerreotype can be ...
• NWABR: Teaching with Bioethics in PLoS Last month, it was artificial insemination and asthma in award-winning student essays. This month, NWABR, the ...
• Ostrom: Gut Feeling You’ve heard the talk show jokes. Now let Carol Ostrom of the Seattle Times explain the ...
• Ostrom: Whew. Why did Washington State legislators breathe a sigh of relief when health care reform was upheld? ...
• Pajer: Think Globally, Read Locally In Bernadette Pajer‘s historical mysteries, crimes are solved not by a detective, a little old lady, ...
• Paulson and Seinfeld: Get the Jab? Tag-team reporting from Tom Paulson, former NSWA President, and Keith Seinfeld, current NSWA secretary, covers the ...
• Paulson: Health Around the Globe The world’s best global health tourguide is Humanosphere, KPLU reporter (and former NSWA president) Tom Paulson’s ...
• Phillips: In the Dark about Resistance The parasite that causes malaria can become drug resistant, writes Melissa Lee Phillips  for Nature News. ...
• Ressmeyer: Space, Science, Celebrities Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Wozniak, and the Mir Space Station don’t appear together often. But space, science, ...
• Reuter: Race and Culture, U.S.A. Rebecca Reuter and President Obama both come from Chicago. And both recently spoke out about race, ...
• Roach: Cybercockroaches Biofuel-cell-powered cockroaches? Yes, reports NWSA board member John Roach in a Future of Tech post for ...
• Roach: Green Research The holidays are a chance to catch up on the year’s stack of magazines and newsletters. ...
• Ruth: What’s This Bird’s Secret? You’ll have to read Maria Mudd Ruth’s book, Rare Bird: Pursuing the Mystery of the Marbled ...
• Ryan: Hospital Investigation John Ryan follows the investigation of a murder and a suicide in Washington’s largest psychiatric hospital ...
• Scanlan: Nature and Nurture Hope is part of nature, and part of human nature, writes Adrienne Ross Scanlan in an ...
• Scheiderer: Chasing Venus Greg Scheiderer would let neither wind nor rain nor Seattle’s clouds stop him from seeing the ...
• Scigliano: Everybody Out on the Floor Hip-hop, salsa, and Cambodian folk dancing—Eric Scigliano got down in November at South Seattle’s World Dance ...
• Scigliano: Global Warming’s Evil Twin We thought we’d heard the last of acid rain, but a story by Eric Scigliano at OnEarth.org is a reminder ...
• Seinfeld: Guidance, Not Handcuffs KPLU’s Keith Seinfeld, while dodging anarchists in downtown Seattle, managed to talk with Dr. Donald Berwick, ...
• Seinfeld: Spermcycle Delivers Learn about the Seattle Sperm Bank’s low carbon footprint delivery system in this NPR story from Keith Seinfeld, ...
• Silberner: Cancer Around the Globe We know her voice from NPR. Now, follow her around the world in her latest project. ...
• Silberner: More Accolades Have we mentioned that you must read the Joanne Silberner (@jsilberner) series on cancer worldwide? Don’t ...
• Silburner: Global Reporting and More If you’ve been following Joanne Silburner’s work since she moved to the Northwest, you know she’s ...
• Solomon: Stop the Pollutagens Sea otters look carefree. But Christopher Solomon (@chrisasolomon) reports in Scientific American that they have every reason ...
• Sorensen: Finds Nemo Eric Sorensen tells us about a California surfer dude turned Hawaiian marine biologist, conservation ecologist, and ...
• Sorensen: May I Have Your Attention Please Reading tweets is more interesting than working. Kids like stuff that flashes. Talking on the phone ...
• Sorensen: On the Nose Eric Sorensen writes that when state regulators field complaints about bad smells, they can run tests ...
• Sorensen: Shut Eye In a combination detective story and science report, Eric Sorensen, Science Writer for Washington State Magazine/WSU ...
• SOSEA: e-Life After Death Liz Neeley, Brian Glanz and other online, tech-savvy, e-genuises from ScienceOnlineSeattle (#sosea) recently discussed “What happens ...
• Stricherz: What Doesn’t Kill You… …might make you grow faster, writes Vince Stricherz. That is, if you’re a plant exposed to ...
• Tachibana: Ahoy! Antibiotics Wildly susceptible to sea sickness herself, Chris Tachibana writes about microbiologists on a 9-month ‘round-the-world ocean ...
• Tachibana: Shows Northwest Favoritism Pullman gets a little love in this article on West Coast life science hubs, thanks to ...
• Timmerman: Auld Lang Syne for Seattle Biotech 2011 As National Biotech Editor of Xconomy and the Editor of Xconomy Seattle, Luke Timmerman writes and tweets about ...
• Tompa: 161,808 women and going strong What changed our minds about hormones for menopause symptoms? Rachel Tompa explains in a feature for ...
• Tompa: Snipping Out Viruses An HIV infection is forever. But Rachel Tompa, in Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s VIDD Vitals, ...
• Webber: Cool Beans. And Butterflies Beans and butterflies have kept Rachel Webber busy lately. Writing for Washington State University, Rachel tells ...
• Weeks and Adler: Next Generation Reitha Weeks and Susan Adler are cultivating new science writers. Reitha, Susan, and colleagues at the ...
• Weeks and Adler: Students CAN Write Think students can’t write and don’t get science? NWABR, the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research begs ...
• Williams: One Hundred Years of Scottitude David B. Williams uses the centennial of Robert F. Scott’s final journal entry to explain what ...
• Williams: Rock On Nothing grips a writer or a scientist more than the quest for precision. Hence the popularity ...
• Williams: Rocks! NSWA board member David B. Williams celebrates his new book, Cairns: Messengers in Stone, coming soon ...