#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.
Krieger: Napoleon, Turkey, and the 5-second Rule
Emily Krieger relieves our youth of misinformation in Myths Busted!: Just When You Thought You Knew What You Knew...., published by National Geographic. propecia online usa We all believe Napoleon was short, eating turkey makes you sleepy, and food dropped on the...
Sorensen: On the Nose
Eric Sorensen writes that when state regulators field complaints about bad smells, they can run tests with both machines and humans. In the case of a recent industrial compost case, complaining neighbors won by the nose. In ”Passing the Smell Test,” Eric explores the...
Dolan: Oyster Fate
A little lemon is nice with oysters, but Maria Dolan, writing for Slate, says that’s as close as acid should get to the popular shellfish. Reporting from local and national experts, Maria finds that increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide is not just changing the...
Tompa: 161,808 women and going strong
What changed our minds about hormones for menopause symptoms? Rachel Tompa explains in a feature for Quest, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, about the Women’s Health Initiative. Funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1993 this study saved...
Fernando Gonzalez: Hot Sauce
What does a sensory biophysicist like Ivan Fernando Gonzalez taste when he eats chips and salsa? The binding of chemicals to his heat and pain-sensing TRPV1 ion receptors, of course. Along with tomatoes, onions, and crispy corn tortillas. Ivan blends science...