by Chris Tachibana | May 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
Where do baby giraffes come from? Chris Tachibana reports, in The Scientist, that at Danish zoos, they result from relatively unrestricted breeding. In contrast, U.S. zoos tend to contracept (yes, it’s a word) their animals. @ChrisTachibana also discovered...
by Chris Tachibana | May 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
What goes on in a baby’s head? asks Molly McElroy. Out of professional and maternal curiosity, Molly (@mwmcelroy) checks out the research on infant learning in a story for the University of Washington alumni magazine Columns. Basic research, outreach, policy...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
Roberta Kwok, writing for The New Yorker, finds the ultimate Northwest science story: a techie’s solution to equality for marijuana entrepreneurs. Roberta wades into the weeds, so to speak, of how Sharif Ibrahim, Washington State University math grad student, created...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
Blue Lyra Review, Adrienne Ross Scanlan’s literary journal, is an eclectic collection of visual art, book reviews, poetry, and fiction and nonfiction essays. The latest issue comes with tantalizing news—Adrienne is working on a book, tentatively titled Turning...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
Samantha Larson takes a trip to the Hoh Rainforest in the Olympic National Park to hear…nothing. In Crosscut, Samantha (@samantson) describes a quest to find the quietest spot in the country. Read what happens as she searches and how she reacts when she gets there....
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
Mark Harris took the gold for online reporting in the American Association of the Advancement of Science-Kavli science journalism awards for 2015. ICYMI, the winning piece was “How a Lone Hacker Shredded the Myth of Crowdsourcing” in Backchannel....
