by Wayt Gibbs | Jul 8, 2020 | Past Events
Image courtesy of ScienceLink Decolonizing Science Communication A Panel Exploring Indigenous Views on Science and Journalism A free online eventWednesday, July 8 View the event video Indigenous peoples have diverse ecological and cultural histories that can stretch...
by Wayt Gibbs | Apr 21, 2020 | Past Events
NSWA Science Trivia Night NSWA’s third-annual NSWA Science Trivia Night was held on April 28 via Zoom from the comfort of our own couches. Yes, neither rain nor snow nor deadly RNA virus could keep NSWA members from completing six rounds of online trivia fun....
by Wayt Gibbs | Jan 26, 2020 | Past Events
Seattle’s amazing natural-history museum came alive after dark on Feb. 15 to host the best science-writer party and networking event of 2020. The newly renovated Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture opened its exhibits and curators to AAAS Annual...
by Wayt Gibbs | Jan 25, 2020 | Past Events
About 35 NSWA members gathered at Folio in Pike Place Market on January 16 for the annual NSWA member meeting. Board member Elizabeth Sharpe presented NSWA’s first-annual Best of the Northwest Science Writing Awards, and outgoing president Jane Hu recounted...
by Wayt Gibbs | Nov 26, 2019 | Past Events
In his new book The Feeling of Life Itself, Christof Koch outlines a quantitative theory of consciousness that suggests it is far more widespread than commonly assumed and is not some kind of computation or hack. And writing in Scientific American, Koch discusses the...
by Matt Vivion | Aug 2, 2019 | Past Events
Volcano Camping Adventure at Mount St. Helens NSWA experienced the majesty, awesome destruction, and amazing rebirth of the Pacific Northwest’s most violent volcano on our first-ever camping adventure Aug. 2 – Aug. 4. Hosted by the Mount St. Helens Institute, we...
