by Chris Tachibana | Mar 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
Jennifer Langston reports on a trend that is overwhelming physicians: patients bringing in detailed, self-collected health data. Using step-counting devices, food-tracking apps, and paper diaries, people are gathering their numbers and asking their doctors to...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
Michelle Nijhuis (@nijhuism) knows how to write a great science article. In her new Kindle book, The Science Writers’ Essay Handbook: How to Craft Compelling True Stories in Any Medium, she tells us how it’s done. (A big thanks to the National Association...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
Philadelphia tourists know him, writes Robin Lindley, because the city’s macabre medical museum bears his name. But many people have never heard of Dr. Thomas Mütter. Robin introduces us to the good doctor by interviewing Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz for History News...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
Judi Gibbs gives us the guide to the guide to transgender and nonconforming youth. That is, Judi created the index that will show you exactly where to find what you want to know in Dr. Linda Gromko’s Where’s MY Book? A Guide for Transgender and Gender...
by Chris Tachibana | Feb 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
Mount St. Helens is still telling stories. And Steve Olson collects them in his new book Eruption, which puts the science and history of the mountain in the context of personal reports from people who were nearby when it blew in May 1980. On Monday, March 7, Steve...
