#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.
Rose: The Toll of a Vulture Die-Off
The uncomely vulture has immense human benefit, writes Ian Rose for the Washington Post. He reports on new research on the effects of a mass poisoning of vultures across India after the widespread adoption of an antiinflammatory drug in livestock. Small amounts of the...
MacBride: ‘Silent Spring’ and Chemophobia
For Slate, Katie MacBride traces a thread from the publication of the groundbreaking book “Silent Spring” through today’s wellness influencers touting “all-natural” products. She examines the connotation of “chemical” with “toxic” and, conversely, “natural” with...
Scigliano: Streetlights and Crime
In a piece for The Atlantic, Eric Scigliano stumbles on a natural experiment in his Seattle neighborhood: residential blocks built, unusually, with no streetlights. He compares the crime rates on these blocks and nearby lit blocks and investigates what cities around...
Blow: Indigenous Fire-Management Practices
Writing for Yes! Magazine, Ashli Blow takes us to central Oregon, where the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians has reclaimed the management of thousands of acres of their ancestral lands, which for thousands of years people burned regularly, enriching the land,...
Ferris: Electric Vehicles in Georgia
New member David Ferris writes for Politico about how Georgians perceive electric vehicles, which are bringing manufacturing jobs to the state but have an image that’s heavily shaped by partisan political views. Once some of the most insatiable buyers of EVs in the...