#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.
Gillam: Gradual Changes, Big Difference
Wayne Gillam wrote the Honorable Mention story for the 2019 Best of the Northwest Science Institutional Writing Award. Wayne’s feature for the University of Washington Center for Neurotechnology (@ctr4neurotech) is “New approach to spinal cord rehabilitation creates...
Solis: Schizophrenia—A Difficult Definition
How do doctors around the world agree on a complex disease? Michele Solis digs into the history of schizophrenia to find out. Michele reports for Distillations from @SciHistoryOrg on how a disease that is diagnosed by behavior was internationally defined. It took a...
Yan: Feather Fears
For the New York Times, Wudan Yan leads us through a medical mystery: Why was an otherwise healthy man in Scotland unable to get over what seemed like a simple respiratory infection? Read Wudan’s story in @NYTHealth to find out. And hypochondriacs—Beware. For more,...
Gaines: Jeholbaatar’s Ears
It’s not a Star Wars spinoff—Jeholbaatar is an extinct animal with the lead role in James Gaines’s new SciShow video, “This Ancient Mammal's Ears Were Built for Chewing.” Watch and learn from James (@the_jmgaines), who wrote for the video about surprising discoveries...
Weinberger: Cockle Sustainability
Cockles are bivalves native to the Puget Sound and they may have a cancer problem, writes Hannah Weinberger for Crosscut (@Crosscut). Cockles are a traditional food for the Suquamish, Hannah @weinbergrrrrr writes, so the Tribal Council is supporting research and...