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...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 2, 2019 | ScienceWire, Uncategorized
Can you take a cat kayaking? Read Wudan Yan’s New York Times story, “Does Fluffy Really Want to Be an Adventure Cat?” and you might learn enough to harness-train your favorite feline, if not teach it to Eskimo roll. Eventually, like people interviewed and photographed...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 3, 2018 | ScienceWire, Uncategorized
Your goat photos might help science, Rebecca Heisman writes. The #MountainGoatMoltProject that Rebecca profiles in The Revelator isn’t looking for just any goat pics, though. Rebecca (@r_heisman) describes how researcher Katarzyna Nowak is analyzing photos of Oreamnos...
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...
