by Susan Keown | May 6, 2023 | ScienceWire
For the New York Times, new member Rebecca Dzombak (@bdzombak) writes about “imposter queens,” mysterious parasitic ants that mooch off their colony’s food and produce only parasitic progeny. A new study explains their likely origin for the first time, and Dzombak...
by Susan Keown | Sep 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
For Fred Hutch News Service, Sabrina Richards wrote a two-part series about how we are all peppered with cells bearing cancer-causing mutations … and yet, most of us are cancer-free. She looks at how cancer biologists came to better understand the complex processes,...
by Susan Keown | Aug 3, 2021 | ScienceWire
Christie Wilcox (@NerdyChristie) and her daughter recently brought home the girl’s first pet, “Sky Banana,” a lavender Betta fish. But these creatures offer more than human amusement. Writing for The Scientist, Wilcox takes us from Sky Banana into research labs, which...
by Susan Keown | Jun 2, 2021 | ScienceWire
For Geekwire’s Health Tech podcast, Lisa Stiffler (@lisa_stiffler) talks to Sanath Kumar Ramesh, whose son Raghav was born with an ultra-rare genetic disorder. As a software engineer, Ramesh is oriented toward problem-solving. So when Raghav’s doctors told the family...
by Matt Vivion | Jun 10, 2015 | Past Events
NSWA was proud to host the U.S. premiere of “Genetic Me,” a documentary from Danish science writer Lone Frank, on June 10 at Group Health Research Institute (GHRI). “Genetic Me” is a humorous and very human gateway into the rising science of...
