by Chris Tachibana | Oct 31, 2018 | ScienceWire
In Anthropocene, Wayt Gibbs writes about ships that pass in the night—and the analysts who watch them in real time. Fishing vessels meet at sea for activities that can include illegal fishing, smuggling, and human trafficking, Wayt writes. But a high-tech spy system...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 3, 2018 | ScienceWire
Researchers just discovered a new hummingbird, Jake Buehler writes, and already they believe its existence may be threatened. Jake finds that the blue-throated hillstar is one of many rare and endangered species in a small region in the high-altitude Andean...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 3, 2018 | ScienceWire
What do our web searches reveal about our health? In Stanford Magazine, Jonathan Rabinovitz has a piece provocatively titled, “Your computer may know you have Parkinson’s. Shall it tell you?” about future tools that might use our online activity to suggest...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 3, 2018 | ScienceWire, Uncategorized
For Wired, Jane C. Hu writes about an all-female trek to the North Pole. It was a cultural exchange for some, a chance to show women’s capabilities for others. For a physiologist, it’s also a chance to study metabolism under extreme conditions. Most—or maybe...
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...
