by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
By day, Corydon Ireland is a science writer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. A former reporter, freelancer, and staff writer for Harvard University news, Cory also writes fiction. He generously shares one of his short stories, “Seeing Red,” which...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
In recent weeks, we’ve seen corporate leaders make public statements against racism, white supremacy, and the rise of neo-Nazis. But Linda Dahlstrom has a particularly moving and personal description of how last month, Starbucks Executive Chairman Howard Shultz...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
For the engineering magazine ElectroOptics, Rachel Berkowitz covers the history, current status, and upcoming advances of laser eye surgery. It’s more than just LASIK, Rachel explains. Vision can also be corrected with SMILE, or a method that relies on the same...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
From Frederick “Fritz” Freudenberger, media relations intern at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, comes news of a clinical trial to make umbilical cord blood treatments for leukemia a little easier. The study, Fritz writes, could improve outcomes...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Beth Geiger is busy recruiting the next generation of scientists. In “Cool Jobs: Head in the Clouds” for Science News for Students, Beth tells how three types of scientists study clouds. You don’t have to be a student to marvel at what they are...
