by Susan Keown | Jun 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Writing for Nature, Virginia Gewin (@VirginiaGewin) profiles geoscientists who are leading grassroots efforts to make their field more welcoming to researchers who have long been excluded from this area of science. Recent surveys have revealed that discrimination,...
by Susan Keown | Jun 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Ellen Kuwana (@EllenKuwana) wrote the articles in Seattle Children’s latest nursing annual report highlighting how the institution’s nursing staff is working to improve care for patients. Kuwana’s stories in the report highlight the nurses at Children’s who have, for...
by Susan Keown | May 6, 2023 | ScienceWire
For the New York Times, new member Rebecca Dzombak (@bdzombak) writes about “imposter queens,” mysterious parasitic ants that mooch off their colony’s food and produce only parasitic progeny. A new study explains their likely origin for the first time, and Dzombak...
by Susan Keown | May 6, 2023 | ScienceWire
New member Sarah Trent (@sftrent) writes for High Country News on the new U.N. High Seas Treaty and whether the agreement might help Pacific salmon. Some of the experts Trent spoke with doubted whether the new marine protected areas spurred by the treaty would have a...
by Susan Keown | May 6, 2023 | ScienceWire
New member Erica Gies (@egies) writes for Nautilus about what happens when human engineering weakens the connections between rivers and seas. Scientists are only now studying how dams change the oceanward flow of sediments, affecting nutrient distribution to ocean...
by Susan Keown | May 6, 2023 | ScienceWire
A story by Samanatha Larson (@samantson) highlights a new interactive resource that synthesizes Indigenous mariculture knowledge and practice throughout the Pacific. Her feature in Signals Magazine, a publication of the Australian National Maritime Museum, delves into...
