by Chris Tachibana | May 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
They’re not great female scientists, write Rachel Tompa and Mary Engel about six up-and-coming new investigators—they’re just plain great scientists. In a feature for Hutch Magazine, Rachel (@Rachel_Tompa) and Mary (@Engel140) talk to new women faculty members at Fred...
by Chris Tachibana | May 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
The vice president has questions, Susan Keown has answers. Joe Biden recently visited Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center as part of the National Cancer Moonshot initiative. Ahead of his visit, Susan (@sejkeown), writing for Hutch News, asked experts six questions...
by Chris Tachibana | May 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
Where do baby giraffes come from? Chris Tachibana reports, in The Scientist, that at Danish zoos, they result from relatively unrestricted breeding. In contrast, U.S. zoos tend to contracept (yes, it’s a word) their animals. @ChrisTachibana also discovered...
by Chris Tachibana | May 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
What goes on in a baby’s head? asks Molly McElroy. Out of professional and maternal curiosity, Molly (@mwmcelroy) checks out the research on infant learning in a story for the University of Washington alumni magazine Columns. Basic research, outreach, policy...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
Roberta Kwok, writing for The New Yorker, finds the ultimate Northwest science story: a techie’s solution to equality for marijuana entrepreneurs. Roberta wades into the weeds, so to speak, of how Sharif Ibrahim, Washington State University math grad student, created...
