#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.
Tompa: Keeps on Giving
Kids are forever, writes Rachel Tompa, for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center News—emotionally and physically. Rachel reports that scientists at the Hutch have found that mothers retain cells from their baby long after delivery. The phenomenon is a natural bone...
Hickey: Splash
Hannah Hickey (@hickeyh), University of Washington News & Information, reports on two glaciology papers that made a figurative splash, including one that demonstrates that an Antarctic ice sheet is washing away before our eyes. Although we hear about climate...
Krieger: Award Winner
Emily Krieger continues to bust myths and entertain kids with her National Geographic Kids Myths Busted series (sequel now available). The first book earned the Children's Choice Book of the Year Award for fifth/sixth grade and Emily was kind enough to give a hat tip...
Nelson: Risky Business
Good news from Bryn Nelson (@SeattleBryn) about climate change? Writing for Nature, Bryn says that extreme weather, flooding, and fires are cataclysmic for communities but they’re creating jobs for natural-hazards risk analysts. Governments, financial institutions and...
Boyle: Blast Off
Is that Alan Boyle (@b0yle) of nbcnews.com about to blast off? Alan reports from the cockpit…or maybe its the home theatre…of the Dragon V2 spaceship from SpaceX, a company founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The ship is a prototype of a NASA shuttle to the International...