#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
Kwok: The Marijuana Lottery
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...
Ross Scanlan: Art, Poetry, Reviews, More
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...
Larson: Sound of Silence
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....
Harris: Gold-Medal Winner
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. Congratulations,...
Watts: When Spring Doesn’t
Andrea Watts asks how trees https://www.levitradosageus24.com/levitra-lowest-cost/ know when it’s spring and what happens if they don’t get the message. Writing for the U.S. Forest Service Science Findings, Andrea explains that timing is everything—budding too early...