Ostrander: Go GMOs

Madeline Ostrander @madelinevo harvested a bumper crop of kudos and quarrels for her balanced article in The Nation on GMOs, anti-GMO activists, big agro corporations, and the FDA—all fighting over your dinner. Madeline takes a 360-degree view of the issue in...

Lindley: Neuro-origins

Fall means football, head injuries and neuroscience. Robin Lindley, writing for History News Network @myHNN, links the latter two in an interview with science writer Sam Kean. Their conversation uncovers how brain trauma and illness are the basis for modern...

Pajer: Seattle, 1901: Edison v. Bradshaw

What’s Thomas Edison looking for in Elliott Bay and can University of Washington Professor Benjamin Bradshaw find it first? Go to Bernadette Pajer’s book event at 6 pm, Saturday 27 September at the UW Jacobsen Observatory UW Campus, 4324 Memorial Way NE,...

James: Downsizing

Move over micro, writes Sally James (@jamesian) in Alaska Airlines Magazine. Smaller is better and nano is newer. Read her story to see how scientists at the University of Washington are developing next-generation nanocomponents of cars, solar panels, and water...

Kuwana: Hot Summer at Children’s

Science Day to staff hires—Ellen Kuwana covers it all for Seattle Children’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research. In the June issue of the Center’s newsletter (link downloads a pdf), Ellen introduces us to its exceptional providers and staff, including the...