#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.
Mapes: A Year In The Life
Lynda Mapes’s book—Witness Tree: Seasons of Change with a Century-Old Oak—is now out in paperback, from @UWAPress. Lynda is out and about in the Northwest reading from the book and answering questions about how she used a single red oak to tell a complete story about...
Fore: Russian Nuclear Mystery
Did nuclear radiation wafting over Europe in 2017 come from Russia? Meredith Fore investigates for @WIREDScience. Nuclear clouds from Russia seem to be a regular event but in this case, Meredith writes, the source was spent nuclear fuel that was weirdly “young.”...
Arnold: Bio of Sex, Online
A library e-book initiative is saving students money, Catherine Arnold writes, and helping professors get the content they need for their classes. In her feature for continuum magazine from the University of Minnesota Libraries @umnlib, Catherine (@TreesWhales) cites...
Scigliano: Plundered Pot
Washington State policies about legal cannabis sales are so transparent, Eric Scigliano writes for @politicomag, they might be enabling theft. Eric reports that small growers suspect public databases are guiding burglars about when and where to strike. Find more from...
Tompa: “A No-Brainer,” He Said
Rachel Tompa tells the story of Casey, a young man with epilepsy who did not hesitate when asked to donate a brain sample to research. Read Rachel's story to learn about research using cells from the sample and how Casey is faring in his postsurgery life. See more...