#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.
Boyle: It’s All Politics
Conservatives are increasingly skeptical about science, reports Alan Boyle. (Paradoxically, he says, they are not likely to believe the results of the American Sociological Review study.) Boyle is the msnbc.com science editor and an official NSWA “friend of the...
Silberner: Cancer Around the Globe
We know her voice from NPR. Now, follow her around the world in her latest project. Joanne Silberner moved to Seattle last year and is now a freelance reporter and University of Washington artist-in-residence. Go with her to Uganda, India and Haiti in a series on...
Paulson: Health Around the Globe
The world's best global health tourguide is Humanosphere, KPLU reporter (and former NSWA president) Tom Paulson’s acclaimed blog. Seattle is the Geneva of America, with the highest concentration of international health organizations in the country. Let Tom show you...
Floyd-Pautler: What You See is What You Hear
Marimbas are the method in a story at The Hearing Lab, Nedra Floyd-Pautler’s website on hearing science. Each month, Nedra posts a feature about current auditory research. In February, she described how visual cues affect our perception of sound. Audio-visual...
Roach: Cybercockroaches
Biofuel-cell-powered cockroaches? Yes, reports NWSA board member John Roach in a Future of Tech post for msnbc.com. We need them if we want to use insects as environmental toxin detectors or nanospies. Aptly named, John is a science writer cockroach himself—meaning...