#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.
Metzger and Steinberg: Women in Polar Science
In the latest issue of Strata, Abby Metzger (@APMMetzger) and Nancy Steinberg (@NDSteinberg) write about women in polar science, a field women have broken into in great numbers, but in which they still often encounter a frosty environment. The story elevates the...
Urton: Climate and Baby Names
James Urton (@jamesurton) of UW News writes about new research showing a surprising effect of climate: baby name popularity in the U.S. The prevalence of first names that are months or seasons is strongly correlated with the latitude of the state in which they were...
Gewin: Inclusivity in Geoscience
Writing for Nature, Virginia Gewin (@VirginiaGewin) profiles geoscientists who are leading grassroots efforts to make their field more welcoming to researchers who have long been excluded from this area of science. Recent surveys have revealed that discrimination,...
Kuwana: Highlight on Nursing
Ellen Kuwana (@EllenKuwana) wrote the articles in Seattle Children’s latest nursing annual report highlighting how the institution’s nursing staff is working to improve care for patients. Kuwana’s stories in the report highlight the nurses at Children’s who have, for...
Dzombak: Imposter Queens
For the New York Times, new member Rebecca Dzombak (@bdzombak) writes about “imposter queens,” mysterious parasitic ants that mooch off their colony’s food and produce only parasitic progeny. A new study explains their likely origin for the first time, and Dzombak...