by Chris Tachibana | Aug 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
Seems like only yesterday, but Rachel Berkowitz reminds us it’s been 3 years since the massive explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. What’s been happening since then? You might not expect “research” to be the answer, but Rachel explains, in her story for the...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
Thinking of trading an iPhone for a Google Moto X? Nancy Gohring cut through the hype, raves, and rants for you with her insider’s take on the phone in CiteWorld. Learn what the phone offers now and what’s to come. See other work by Nancy for news and reviews of...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
And when you dump your old phone, Deirdre Lockwood has some good news about what might happen to your garbage and the 20 to 50 million tons of other electronic waste the world generates each year. The plastics and metals of e-waste are environmental hazards, but in a...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
Did you know the Berlin Patient is from Seattle? Mindy Miner adds local color to the story of Timothy Ray Brown, who made global headlines last year when he was cured of HIV after stem cell transplants for leukemia. Brown spoke at a forum in Seattle this summer at...
by Chris Tachibana | Jul 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
Tim Merrick of the Idaho U.S. Geological Survey makes a big pitch for geoscience in a 5-minute Ignite talk that lives on in an online video. Tim’s enthusiasm for the environment, earth science, and the Pacific Northwest—specifically Boise—is scientifically sound and...
