by Aiden Tuan | Aug 14, 2025 | ScienceWire, Uncategorized
From member Sarah Trent: Bird banding, the act of putting metal bands around bird legs for identification, has been invaluable to ornithologists. The Bird Banding Lab – a program of the U.S. Geological Survey’s biological research arm has been instrumental in such...
by Aiden Tuan | Jun 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
How do you capture an air snapshot? All you need is a couple of glass flasks wrapped in tape and with the air vacuumed out, as Ashley Braun pens in their latest story. This ingenious design was established in the 1950s and has played a key role in monitoring the...
by Aiden Tuan | May 1, 2025 | ScienceWire, Uncategorized
A piece by Davis Ferris highlights the importance of prices for EV manufacturers and how a trade war jeopardizes the industry. From higher tariffs on parts to critical minerals and other raw materials facing climbing duties or other shortages, the onset of all these...
by Susan Keown | Jan 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
In advance of the James Webb Space Telescope’s successful launch at the end of the year, Alexandra Witze (@alexwitze) explained in Nature why astronomers everywhere are champing at the bit to use this new tool, which is more than 100 times more powerful than the...
by David Mills | Jul 6, 2021 | Events, Past Events, Uncategorized
Caitlin Frances, Corey Spruill & Stephen Grenley in Resistant by Celeste Mari Williams, photo by R. Falk Join us on Wednesday, July 21 at 6:00 p.m. PDT for a lively discussion about how theater can energize science communication and science can stimulate...
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...
