by Chris Tachibana | Jun 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Christine Waresak describes a study at the University of Washington Center on Human Development and Disability that is watching the brains of children with dyslexia as they learn to read. The researchers are using MRI and original, open-source software to analyze the...
by Chris Tachibana | Jun 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Wudan Yan has a new entry in her series on palm oil. If you were reassured by Wudan’s article in Nature about mitigating the ecological impact of oil palms, you can start worrying again. Just read her piece for Stat about the health of women plantation workers....
by Chris Tachibana | Jun 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Sally James blogs about an all-star, all-NSWA-member production from Infinity Box Theatre Project. The second annual Centrifuge project featured five world-premiere plays guided and introduced by Wayt Gibbs @WaytGibbs, Greg Scheiderer @gscheiderer, Elle O’Brien,...
by Chris Tachibana | Jun 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Scientists are tenacious but everyone has a limit. Graciela Matrajt profiles a researcher who was directing a successful graduate program but quit because she couldn’t work with her supervisor. Graciela explains the circumstances and the outcome, in the...
by Chris Tachibana | May 2, 2017 | ScienceWire
In her first story for Nautilus, Samantha Larson explains the science of dread and fear and desire. Then she describes exactly what those emotions feel like when they are induced by a high-stakes rock climbing challenge. Experience it vicariously for yourself and...
