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- ScienceWriters magazine
Feb 1 2011
- ScienceWriters magazine
Now available: Winter 2010-11 ScienceWriters

The Winter 2010-11 issue of ScienceWriters is now available for downloading in PDF format in the members area. Included are coverage of NASW's 2011 Annual Meeting in New Haven, Conn., NASW's 75th anniversary and CASW's 50th; a brief history of science journalism; a one-time tax break on medical insurance for the self-employed; and a writer's experience in Virginia Tech's visiting scholar program. NASW member login and password required.
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- Miscellaneous
Jan 29 2011
- Miscellaneous
Three members named AAAS fellows

Congratulations to Mariette DiChristina, Cristine Russell, and Morris A. (Bud) Ward, three longtime members of NASW who have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and will be honored next month during the AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Read the AAAS press release here.
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Jan 27 2011
On science blogs this week: Tools

Written by Tabitha M. Powledge Blog

Stone tools suggest Homo sap enjoyed Arabian nights earlier than previously thought. The State of the Union and the state of US science. #SciO11: How to explain science on blogs plus the state of women bloggers
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Jan 21 2011
Penguin Troubles

Written by Daniela Hernandez Blog

Penguins tagged with flipper bands are at a disadvantage.
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Jan 21 2011
On science blogs this week: In AZ & NC

Written by Tabitha M. Powledge Blog

Why did Jared Loughner shoot Gabrielle Giffords and 19 other people in Tucson? Plus what went on at ScienceOnline2011, aka #scio11: video, e-books, and much more
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- NASW update
Jan 19 2011
- NASW update
NASW Update, Jan. 20, 2011

Ten travel fellowships of $2,500 apiece will be award by the National Association of Science Writers in memory of past President Laura Van Dam for the meeting of the World Conference of Science Journalists in Cairo, scheduled for June 27-29, 2011. Plus other recent ScienceWriters news.
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- Mentoring
Jan 18 2011
- Mentoring
Mentors needed for 2011 AAAS meeting

Attention NASW members: We need your help grooming the next generation of science writers.
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Jan 13 2011
I am the decider...for now anyway

Written by Daniela Hernandez Blog

When push comes to shove, butterflies adjust to the seasons in order to increase their chances of reproducing.
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Jan 12 2011
On science blogs this week: SciO11

Written by Tabitha M. Powledge Blog

You can be part of ScienceOnline2011, thanks to NASW. It's easy and it's free to all.
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Jan 6 2011
On science blogs this week: Fraud

Written by Tabitha M. Powledge Blog

The research showing that vaccines cause autism is a deliberate hoax, but the arsenic bug tale is self-correcting science. Also, blogger list, top 2010 stories list, Science Online 2011 (#SciO11)
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