#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.
McCarthy: Decide for Yourself
VOTE! And if you are unsure about the healthcare issue, Michael McCarthy has two articles for you in the excellent, open access medical journal BMJ. One was the lead news feature for the launch of the journal's U.S. page and the other digs into the truth and fiction...
Hickey: UW Grand Opening
We’re late to the party, but in UW Today, Hannah Hickey describes the new Molecular and Engineering & Sciences building at the University of Washington, which officially opened in September with a public celebration and symposium. If you were on campus in the past...
Frischman: Snakes on a Blog
Python eggs are bigger than meatballs, and Carol Frischman shows 'em off on her blog, This Wild Life A World of Pets, Nature & Science. The pictures come with a thoroughly reported, well-referenced, thoughtful piece on what to do, if anything, about invasive...
Gibbs: Modern at Home
Drooling over the Modernist Cuisine photos and recipes, but no room for a spray-dryer, autoclave, or centrifuge? Wayt Gibbs says Modernist Cuisine at Home by Nathan Myhrvold and Maxime Bilet, is out this month. At only two volumes, this version for home cooks is...
Bauman: At the Movies
Valerie Bauman, staff writer for Puget Sound Business Journal, writes about health care, including a $12 million grant to Seattle researchers to support studies on gene replacement therapy for “bubble boy disease”. (But admit it, you want to hear the Hollywood gossip...