by Chris Tachibana | Dec 2, 2019 | ScienceWire
Wayt Gibbs broke news in Science last month, not once but twice. In the first story, Wayt (@WaytGibbs) reports that an alien intruder—the comet 21/Borisov—indicates to scientists that at any given moment, we may have many similar interstellar visitors. The second...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 2, 2019 | ScienceWire
Robin Lindley has two amazing tales in one piece for History News Network. He interviews Professor Kate Brown about putting herself through school as a beat reporter for Seattle public radio and television. Robin (@robinlindley2) also gets the story on how Dr. Brown...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 2, 2019 | ScienceWire
“Does watching porn as a teen ruin sex forever?” It doesn’t have to, Bonnie Rochman writes in her first piece for Elemental (@elemental), a new Medium publication on health and wellness. Bonnie (@brochman) interviews experts in porn literacy about how to talk to teens...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2019 | ScienceWire, Uncategorized
For Love of Orcas, a new anthology, features work by three NSWA members: Adrienne Ross Scanlan, Priscilla Long, and Sarah DeWeerdt. The collection of environmental writing, poetry, and prose focuses on Puget Sound’s Southern Resident orcas. Proceeds from sales go to...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2019 | ScienceWire
Andrea Watts, our correspondent in the U.S. Forest Service, now writes for the Rocky Mountain Research Station (@usfs_rmrs)—for example on how to predict how many trees died in a forest fire. She still writes for the Pacific Northwest Research Station (@usfs_pnwrs),...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2019 | ScienceWire
What links tree rings and avalanches? Molly Tankersley explains, for Scientific American (@sciam). In Alaska, researchers are studying the rings to learn about the snowslides to protect Juneau, which has the country’s highest urban avalanche potential. Molly is a...
