by Chris Tachibana | Aug 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne’s new book, A Lab of One’s Own: One Woman’s Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science, co-authored with Dr. Rita Colwell, is available now. Dr. Colwell, a University of Washington graduate, is the former director of the National...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
From Seattle’s Odessa Brown clinic, Sally James reports on children’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the South Seattle Emerald (@SoSeattleEmerald), Sally talks with pediatrician Dr. Ben Danielson about how he helps children and families deal with...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
An irrigation system in Pakistan, Catherine Arnold writes, covers 36,000 miles plus 994,000 miles of farm and field ditches. Yet many farmers don’t receive their share of water. Writing for the University of Utah Water Center (@uWaterCenter), Catherine tells of a...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
Steve Olson’s book The Apocalypse Factor: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age is ready to order now. Steve grew up in eastern Washington near Hanford and tells how the site became the location for manufacturing plutonium for the 1945 atomic bomb dropped on...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
Jane C. Hu earned February’s High Country News cover story with her report on former Nooksack Tribal Councilwoman Carmen Tageant. Jane goes beyond why and how Tageant was bullied out of the Council with a complex background story of personal, political, and judicial...
