by Chris Tachibana | Sep 2, 2012 | ScienceWire
Obesity rates are increasing, but William Heisel reports that people say they are losing weight. What’s going on? William tells us about a study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington that looked into the accuracy—or maybe...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 2, 2012 | ScienceWire
NSWA board member David B. Williams celebrates his new book, Cairns: Messengers in Stone, coming soon to bookstores and available now by pre-order. A pile of rocks will never look the same. Is that a grave, an altar, or a border marking? Ask David yourself at the book...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 2, 2012 | ScienceWire
Just in time for football season, Laura Geggel, an intern at Popular Science, reports on a blood test for concussions that could be more sensitive than just looking for something that looks weird on a CT scan. The test looks for brain proteins that leak into the...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 2, 2012 | ScienceWire
Combination therapy is the future of cancer treatment, writes Michael McCarthy in the Puget Sound Business Journal. That is, if we can just find the right mix of existing and candidate drugs. And overcome the challenges of clinical trials. As you read the article,...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 2, 2012 | ScienceWire
Alan Boyle tells us the best way to remember Neil Armstrong, and it’s as easy as looking up. Squint hard enough and you might see the Mars Curiosity rover. Alan’s been all over the rover, like the rover has been all over the red planet. Follow Alan at...
