by Chris Tachibana | Oct 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Yes, magnificant Cooper’s hawks are urbanites, Kelly Brenner writes. In her reporting for Crosscut, Kelly treks through West Seattle with a dedicated volunteer Cooper’s tracker. Read Kelly’s story to find out how the Queen is special and why she and...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
“I’ll never complain I’m tired again,” tweeted Susan Keown, @sejkeown, after telling the story of Tiffany, a teacher, mother of three, master’s student, and patient with a rare cancer who spent a decade in treatment. Tiffany was also...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
…and a good case for supporting the EPA, from NSWA Board Member Lynne Peeples. In a feature for the environmental magazine Ensia, Lynne explains vapor intrusion, a danger that is as creepy as it sounds. It happens when naturally occurring radon gas seeps into...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Pallid bats scarf down scorpions like peanuts, writes Christie Wilcox in her Science Sushi blog for Discover. Don’t they notice the stinger? Christie (@NerdyChristie) extracts the answer from a PLOS One paper and the results could teach us about how to manage...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Wayt Gibbs asks a pertinent question, in light of post-Harvey gas shortages and climate change conversations: “How Much Energy Will the World Need?” Wayt does the calculations for Anthropocene. He also talks to Michael E. Brown (“the guy who killed...
