by Chris Tachibana | Oct 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
Priscilla Long is a writer of many talents. Her new book, Holy Magic, earned the Sally Albiso Poetry Book Award from MoonPath Press. In addition to being a poet, Priscilla is a science writer and a writing teacher and guide. Her next book will be on aging and...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
A 2017 hurricane, Catherine Arnold writes, showed how listening to the land builds local resilience. For the University of Texas Alcalde, Catherine (@TreesWhales) tells about the Houston Arboretum weathering Hurricane Harvey and increasing fauna diversity thanks to...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
Wayt Gibbs (@WaytGibbs) has the quintessential 2020 podcasts for Scientific American’s Science Talk. Wayt talks with medical ethicist Arthur Caplan about how we decide who’s first in line for COVID-19 vaccines. Then Wayt, a writer and editor for Modernist Bread,...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
SARS-CoV-2 is not the only human virus linked to bats, writes Sara Zaske for WSU Insider. More are on the way. Sara reports on forward-looking Washington State University research to understand and stop these emerging viruses. For more from Sara (@wsuzaske), check out...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
Freelancers have amazing know-how but not always about business. Wudan Yan and Jenni Gritters launched their podcast, The Writers’ Co-op, to offer freelance creatives practical advice about taxes, marketing, time management, and more. The podcast will be back...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 2, 2020 | ScienceWire
How do we monitor the Puget Sound for contaminants? Starre Vartan, writing for the Natural Resources Defense Council has the answer: A mussel smoothie. Read Starre’s report on how volunteers sample (then blend) the mollusks to detect a range of water contaminants from...
