#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
Richard Yonck: Mindstock: A Novel
Richard Yonck: Mindstock: A Novel From the author Richard Yonck, comes a new book: Mindstock: A Novel. From the publisher: Fans of Neuromancer, Black Mirror and Philip K. Dick, meet your next reality. Psychologically complex, strikingly prophetic, and sweeping in its...
Gibbs: What’s Enough Carbon to Capture
Unfortunately plans to limit carbon emissions have been unsuccessful, Wayt Gibbs writes, with carbon dioxide emissions hitting an all time high in 2024 and average temperatures on Earth exceeding 1.5 °C over pre-industrial levels for the first time. In the past, most...
Tachibana: Parents Ensure Their Offspring’s Health at the Cost of Their Own
In a new study parents ensure their newborn gets care, but may neglect their own health, member Chris Tachibana pens. It’s no surprise that people naturally focus on their kid’s health and may prioritize it, but their health fares worse than their infants across the...
Hede: A Surprising Discovery on the Flexibility of Ice
A new finding from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory offers a new insight into ice’s properties, writes member Karyn Hede. Despite appearing rigid and its perfectly hexagonal lattice structure, ice itself is rather flexible and malleable and thus offers an...
Zaske: Focusing on Growth After Depression
Catastrophes are hard, if not brutal to go through, yet with the right mindset they can change us for the better with lasting, positive alterations, writes member Sara Zaske. A randomized trial showed that people who were given intervention that helped change their...