by Chris Tachibana | Oct 3, 2018 | ScienceWire
It’s a listicle on “5 things we (still) don’t know about cells,” Rachel Tompa says, so it’s a cellsticle! It’s also a thoughtful, thorough exploration from Rachel for the Allen Institute for Cell Science about the abiding mysteries in cell biology. Some of the...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 3, 2018 | ScienceWire
Tom Lang, of Tom Lang Communications and Training International, is a reliable source of practical information about medical and science writing. This month, in AMWA Journal for the American Medical Writers Association, Tom reviews data tables, answering the age-old...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2018 | ScienceWire
Rebecca Heisman has news about the wolves repopulating Washington: They aren’t what they seem. Writing in Haiku, Rebecca (@r_heisman) reports on research showing the wolves are not migrants from the interior west, as previously thought. Genetic analysis shows...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2018 | ScienceWire
An effective Parkinson disease treatment has complicated origins, Robin Lindley writes for History News Network. Robin (@robinlindley2) talks with Lone Frank, author of The Pleasure Shock: The Rise of Deep Brain Stimulation and Its Forgotten Inventor about how the...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2018 | ScienceWire
No, don’t try it, writes Christie Wilcox for Discover. When two people did, they ended up in the hospital with angiostrongyliasis. Read Christie’s piece to find out exactly what that is, how doctors got rid of it, and why, if you’ve sampled a raw snail, prawn, or...
by Chris Tachibana | Sep 1, 2018 | ScienceWire
Congratulations to David B. Williams, former NSWA president! David’s book, Waterway The Story of Seattle’s Locks and Ship Canal, written with Jennifer Ott and the staff of HistoryLink, is a finalist for the Washington Center for the Book nonfiction award for...
