#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.
Reuter: Race and Culture, U.S.A.
Rebecca Reuter and President Obama both come from Chicago. And both recently spoke out about race, culture, and labels. Absorb President Obama’s comments, then read about Rebecca’s experience in her blog, The Skinny and the Fat. Rebecca is the outreach coordinator for...
Berkowitz: Happy Anniversary, Deepwater Horizon
Seems like only yesterday, but Rachel Berkowitz reminds us it’s been 3 years since the massive explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. What’s been happening since then? You might not expect “research” to be the answer, but Rachel explains, in her story for the...
Gohring: Moto-town
Thinking of trading an iPhone for a Google Moto X? Nancy Gohring cut through the hype, raves, and rants for you with her insider’s take on the phone in CiteWorld. Learn what the phone offers now and what’s to come. See other work by Nancy for news and reviews of...
Lockwood: Electronics Without (Too Much) Guilt
And when you dump your old phone, Deirdre Lockwood has some good news about what might happen to your garbage and the 20 to 50 million tons of other electronic waste the world generates each year. The plastics and metals of e-waste are environmental hazards, but in a...
Miner: Berlin to Seattle, Minus HIV
Did you know the Berlin Patient is from Seattle? Mindy Miner adds local color to the story of Timothy Ray Brown, who made global headlines last year when he was cured of HIV after stem cell transplants for leukemia. Brown spoke at a forum in Seattle this summer at...