#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.
Gibbs: Guide to Transgender
Judi Gibbs gives us the guide to the guide to transgender and nonconforming youth. That is, Judi created the index that will show you exactly where to find what you want to know in Dr. Linda Gromko’s Where's MY Book? A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming...
Olson: Remembering the Volcano
Mount St. Helens is still telling stories. And Steve Olson collects them in his new book Eruption, which puts the science and history of the mountain in the context of personal reports from people who were nearby when it blew in May 1980. On Monday, March 7, Steve...
Sellman: Wild OATs
Tamara Sellman has good news for people with obstructive sleep apnea: oral appliance therapy (OAT). Tamara explains that OAT could replace continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices, which many people dislike, even though they can help with a healthy night’s...
Geiger: Seriously. Bunnies.
Yes, they’re adorable. But Beth Geiger has a story for Nature Conservancy magazine about a sobering topic: threats to Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits, which are North America’s smallest bunnies. The little guys are back from the brink of extinction but the rescue has...
Lauren: Blasting Off
Hillary Lauren, Science Slug, reports from a tour to the NASA Space Center in Houston. Check out Hillary’s photos of massive rockets, old-school computer consoles, and that blue Texas sky. Visit again later when Hillary promises to tell us about moon rocks and women...