by Chris Tachibana | Mar 31, 2019 | ScienceWire
What are those mysterious plumes of bubbles off the Washington coast? Hannah Hickey tells of a collaboration between the University of Washington and Oregon State University to figure out where the gas emissions are coming from. In her UW News story, Hannah (@hickeyh)...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 31, 2019 | ScienceWire
Weather models make reasonable 7-day forecasts, but “are a crapshoot” with 2- to 6-week predictions, reports John Roach. John (@byjohnroach) has promising news for weather geeks, though. In a post for Microsoft’s The AI Blog, John describes a...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 3, 2019 | ScienceWire
In the New York Review of Books, Michelle Nijhuis (@nijhuism) reports on two books about climate science. In the review, Michelle ponders: How do we communicate about a massive global problem that is measured at the micro level? Be sure to explore Michelle’s...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 3, 2019 | ScienceWire
At Massive Science, a forum for scientists’ stories, Hannah Thomasy posts about an idea for a new malaria vaccine. The target is the first step in infection: the mosquito bite that transmits the malaria parasite. The vaccine won’t target the parasite but the...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 3, 2019 | ScienceWire
Seattle Astronomy, from Greg Scheiderer, is a one-stop shop for space and astronomy news, including a blogpost about why “‘Oumuamua” keeps showing up in headlines and social media posts linked to the words “mysteries” and “interstellar.” Greg’s...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 3, 2019 | ScienceWire
How does our neighborhood affect our health? Rebecca Hughes writes about a summit that brought researchers and representatives from King County Metro, public health departments, Bike Works, and other organizations together to talk about using data to learn how our...
