#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.
Mapes: Reducing Bias, Improving Care
Diane Mapes (@double_whammied) writes for Fred Hutch News Service about the disparities in cancer prevention, care and research for Black Americans, and the efforts of teams in the Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium to reduce these inequalities....
McQuate: Turning Photo Into Video
A new deep learning method, writes Sarah McQuate (@potassiumwhale) for UW News, can turn a photo of flowing water, smoke or clouds into an endlessly looping, real-looking video. The University of Washington researchers say that by adding more visual information into...
Witze: Astronomy Department in Turmoil
Alexandra Witze (@alexwitze) reports for Nature about turmoil in the historic astronomy department of Lund University in Sweden. Independent investigations found that serial harassment by two senior faculty members caused long-lasting, widespread harm to colleagues....
Mapes: Southern Resident Orcas
In her new book, “Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home,” Lynda V. Mapes (@LyndaVMapes) documents the natural history of the Southern Resident orcas that live in the Puget Sound and the threats that the remaining 74 whales in this group face from habitat degradation, food...
Scigliano: Justice Via Zoom
COVID-19 forced courtrooms across the U.S. to carry out justice virtually. Eric Scigliano (@SeattleFlotsam) explores in The Atlantic how this change — which is here, to some extent, to stay — could have major impacts on how justice is served in this country. He...