by Chris Tachibana | Oct 3, 2014 | ScienceWire
What is science without sight? Rachel Tompa answers with a profile in Quest of Maxine Linial, a virologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Blinded when she was hit by a car in 2010, Dr. Linial had to rethink and restart her research career. Rachel describes...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 3, 2014 | ScienceWire
You don’t need a diploma to be a scientist, writes Ashley Braun @ashleybraun, ashleybraun.com. You just need enthusiasm, dedication, and an interest in a research topic ranging from archaeology to geomorphology. Find your citizen science passion in...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 3, 2014 | ScienceWire
The Ebola outbreak has kept science journalists, especially Sandi Doughton @SandiDoughton, busy. Seattle is making major contributions to fighting Ebola, Sandi reports, from Gates Foundation support for containment and treatment, to Paul Allen and World Vision funding...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 3, 2014 | ScienceWire
Madeline Ostrander @madelinevo also earned a 2014 NSWA Career Development Award (see Lynne Peeples, above). Madeline went to freelance writer summer camp and returned with . Send her blogpost and at ibiology.org to anyone who asks, “How do I get started in...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 31, 2014 | ScienceWire
Where are the Steller sea lions?, asks Rebecca Reuter in two features for the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center Quarterly Research Report. To find the endangered pinnipeds in the Alaskan summer fog, writes Rebecca, NOAA researchers have to take risks get creative....
