by Chris Tachibana | Nov 3, 2017 | ScienceWire
It’s “holotype.” Wendell Ricketts has the definition, several bonus words, and a dive into the holotype controversy in paleontology. What’s a field to do when its specimens are defined by body fragments in varying states of decay? It’s...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 3, 2017 | ScienceWire
The whales that are the emblem of the Northwest are threatened, writes Lynda Mapes in the Seattle Times. Lynda reviews a new scientific report with a grim outlook for orcas, based on 40 years of data on their food supply and the quality of their environment. State and...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 3, 2017 | ScienceWire
Wudan Yan is a science journalist who doesn’t hesitate to get out in the field for a story, whether it’s in Indonesia, Myanmar, or the wilds of New York and Seattle. For The Open Notebook, @wudanyan writes about the toll that field work can take on...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 3, 2017 | ScienceWire
Rachel Tompa and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists she works with answer the burning question of all Seattleites: What’s in all that Canadian Goose crap on our sidewalks? The answer is a previously unknown virus, @Rachel_Tompa explains. She...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Life scientists looking to boost their marketability should read Catherine Arnold’s profile in Science Careers of a whale-watching, turtle-tracking programmer. Nature programs inspired a computer geek to leave his tedious insurance company job, Catherine writes....
