by Chris Tachibana | Dec 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
We had a warm summer, Joel Green reports, and humans weren’t the only uncomfortable species. The high temperatures and low snowmelt were hard on spawning salmon, Joel writes. Read the full report, check out the data, and watch for more from Joel in the Snoqualmie...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
In a report for Science, Wayt Gibbs tells how physicists in New Mexico are ramping up their ability to produce a big bang. These scientists aren’t making a bomb, though. They’re developing reactors to produce fusion energy. It’s promising, but not without risks, Wayt...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
In The Atlantic, Jane C. Hu scrutinizes the discipline that might have the most shatterproof glass ceiling of all: mathematics. Math professors are using their analytical skills to figure out why the field has so few women and what to do about it. For more from...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
Congratulations to Roberta Kwok, on a Kavli Award-winning essay, “The Shocking Electric Eel,” in ScienceNews for Students. Roberta starts the piece with a jolting anecdote, then dives into the biology. The fish, it turns out, use their powers for more than just...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
It’s a basic need that’s becoming more costly, writes Brett Walton. In Circle of Blue, which reports on water and other global resources, Brett describes California’s drive to be the first state to subsidize water service for poor residents. He talks with...
