#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.
Boyle: Geeking on Gravitational Waves
GeekWire’s aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle answers your questions (and you know you have them) about gravitational waves. They were discovered when an alarm went off at an elongated detector in Eastern Washington. But what are they, what do they mean for...
Langston: Data Deluge Hits Docs
Jennifer Langston reports on a trend that is overwhelming physicians: patients bringing in detailed, self-collected health data. Using step-counting devices, food-tracking apps, and paper diaries, people are gathering their numbers and asking their doctors to...
Nijhuis: Secret of Michelle’s Success
Michelle Nijhuis (@nijhuism) knows how to write a great science article. In her new Kindle book, The Science Writers' Essay Handbook: How to Craft Compelling True Stories in Any Medium, she tells us how it's done. (A big thanks to the National Association of Science...
Lindley: Mütter’s Marvelous Medicine
Philadelphia tourists know him, writes Robin Lindley, because the city’s macabre medical museum bears his name. But many people have never heard of Dr. Thomas Mütter. Robin introduces us to the good doctor by interviewing Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz for History News...
Gibbs: Guide to Transgender
Judi Gibbs gives us the guide to the guide to transgender and nonconforming youth. That is, Judi created the index that will show you exactly where to find what you want to know in Dr. Linda Gromko’s Where's MY Book? A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming...