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Highlights from NSWA events, tours, and field tripsExplore Seattle’s historical shoreline with David B. Williams (first tour on July 26)
Members and guests joined David B. Williams, freelance writer and former NSWA president, on July 26 for a walking tour based on his most recent book, Too High and Too http://www.laviagraes.com/viagra-drogas-la-rebaja Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s...
Tipsy Science: The Art and Chemistry of Distilling—and Tasting—Fine Spirits
Members and guests learned about the nuanced chemistry that goes into a fine a sherry-barrel gin, or a single-malt whiskey as we took a behind-the-scenes tour of Copperworks Distilling Company on June 10 led by co-owner Jason Parker. We then moved on to the tasting...
Tour of the Allen Institute for Brain Science
Members and guests visited the Allen Institute for Brain Science on May 25 and met with researchers who manage key labs, toured the facility, and learned what the Allen Institute aims to accomplish with its big expansion in Seattle. Researchers...
Hope Jahren at Town Hall
What’s it like being a woman in the field of science? Award-winning scientist Hope Jahren’s Lab Girl is an examination of this question, but it’s also so much more. In conversation with The Stranger‘s Sydney Brownstone on April 13 at Town Hall Seattle, she shared...
Uncertainty and the Zika Virus: What do scientists know and how can we report on it responsibly?
The Zika virus has been around since the 1950s, but it's only in the last year that mosquito-borne disease has been making global headlines. Zika has been linked with microcephaly (unusually under-sized heads and damaged brains), Guillain-Barré disease, and cortical...
Tackling the science of concussions and the future of football
Under the spotlight of Super Bowl 50, and the release of the Hollywood film Concussion, concerns over brain trauma in football have become hard to ignore. Members and guests joined us on Feb. 17 for "Tackling the science of concussions and the future of football." A...
Thanks for attending #nswaparty2016
Members and guests mingled with other science writers, toured research labs and welcomed our new board at NSWA's annual party on Jan. 28 at Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI). SCRI opened it's brand new Discovery Portal for viewing by NSWA and provided...
Ethics in science journalism
Ethics in science journalism A panel of science writers joined us on Nov. 11 at University House for a discussion on the ethical boundaries of combining journalistic and non-journalistic work. In today's media landscape, science writing comes from a variety of sources...
NSWA chats with George Musser about ‘Spooky Action’
NSWA members and guests were invited to meet, chat, and share drinks with science writer and author George Musser following his Nov. 3 talk at Town Hall Seattle on "The 'Spooky Action' Shaping Physics." Musser, a contributing editor at Scientific American who was...
NSWA chats with Ariel Waldman about citizen science and hacking the space program
NSWA members and guests joined Ariel Waldman on Oct. 28 to discuss citizen science and hacking the space program. The chat followed her talk at Ada's Technical Books. Waldman worked at NASA, founded Spacehack.org, and now organizes events to advocate for "massively...
NSWA sees ‘The Martian’ with scientists from UW Astrobiology
Members and guests enjoyed a 3D showing of “The Martian” on Oct. 14 at Cinerama. Afterward, the following scientists from the UW Astrobiology program joined us next door at Cantina Lena to chat about the movie: Stephen Wood, a planetary scientist at the UW who...
You’ve got the book contract, now what?
Seattle authors Steve Olson and Bonnie Rochman spoke to NSWA members and guests on Sept. 16 about how to tackle the writing, editing and polishing of a manuscript once you have a deal with a publisher. Olson is the author of several trade books, including “Mapping...
Chat about earthquakes and Pluto with Sandi Doughton and Alan Boyle
Sandi Doughton and Alan Boyle talked earthquakes and Pluto with members and guests on Aug. 12 NSWA's own Sandi Doughton (The Seattle Times, author of "Full Rip 9.0: The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest") and Alan Boyle (formerly of NBC News) discussed what...
Second ‘Stories in Stone’ walking tour with David Williams on Aug. 6
The July "Stories in Stone" walking tour with geology writer David Williams was a big hit. David provided a second tour on Aug. 6, for those who missed out.
‘Stories in Stone’ walking tour with David Williams
NSWA members and guests enjoyed a "Stories in Stone" walking tour of downtown Seattle on July 15 with David Williams, former NSWA president, naturalist and writer. Most people do not think of looking for geology from the sidewalks of Seattle, but for the intrepid...