#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.
Ruth: What’s This Bird’s Secret?
You'll have to read Maria Mudd Ruth's book, Rare Bird: Pursuing the Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet, to find out. This endangered Pacific Northwest seabird gives us yet another reason to work to preserve our old-growth forests. Get a sneak peek of the reissued book...
Solomon: Stop the Pollutagens
Sea otters look carefree. But Christopher Solomon (@chrisasolomon) reports in Scientific American that they have every reason to be nervous about possums. Or rather pathogens from possums and other land animals that wash into the ocean where they can infect otters,...
Lindley: A History of Depression
Robin Lindley explains the ups and downs of depression over the years in an interview with Dr. Edward Shorter for George Mason University’s History News Network. From pre-Freud to post-Prozac, Robin gets Dr. Shorter to explain his theory about why U.S. depression...
Hill: Warrior One
Jana Hill brings expertise in yoga and medicine to "Guide to Understanding Yoga and Breast Cancer," for Living Beyond Breast Cancer. This downloadable pdf brochure is for people with breast cancer and yoga teachers. Like a good yogi, Jana is flexible: she can also do...
Jarvis: Climate Change. It’s Real.
Isn't it? Brooke Jarvis (@brookejarvis) that meterologists who take the long view see that the headline-grabbing events—hurricanes and droughts and heat waves—are part of a larger pattern. Congratulations to Brooke for winning an NSWA award, which she'll use to...