Stiffler: Rural Jobs in Climate Tech

Stiffler: Rural Jobs in Climate Tech

Part of a special series in GeekWire, a story by Lisa Stiffler (@lisa_stiffler) takes readers to rural communities in Eastern Washington, where new climate technology facilities are opening. The businesses operating the new facilities are developing technologies to...
MacBride: Concern Over Masking Standards

MacBride: Concern Over Masking Standards

For the Daily Beast, Katie MacBride (@msmacb) speaks to experts in virus transmission and workplace safety about proposed new masking guidelines for health care workers from a CDC advisory panel. The experts strongly believe the proposed guidelines will put workers at...
Nealon: Hop Legend

Nealon: Hop Legend

Sean Nealon (@seannealon) profiles Dr. Al Haunold, a pioneering researcher and breeder of hop varieties that are now widely used in the craft beer industry. The profile in The Oregon Stater (page 64), a magazine of Oregon State University, discusses Haunold’s legacy...
Yan: Cryptocurrency Noise

Yan: Cryptocurrency Noise

Earlier this year, Wudan Yan (@wudanyan) published a feature in Popular Mechanics on the noise pollution a cryptocurrency mine is inflicting on a small town in North Carolina. (The Open Notebook ran a behind-the-scenes piece on her story last month.) In her story, she...
Cassella: Chaos in Jet Streams

Cassella: Chaos in Jet Streams

Writing for Science Alert, Carla Cassella (@carlycassella) highlights chaotic new patterns in jet streams, the currents of air that wrap around the planet. The currents are splitting at such an extreme rate that the experts Cassella quotes used words like “insane” to...