Google Maps can tell us where to find the nearest pizza joint in a strange city, but our ability to make our way through cluttered environments is still surpassed by other members of the animal kingdom.
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Coverage begins in 2006 for the ScienceWriters meeting and 2009 for the AAAS meeting. To see programs for past ScienceWriters meetings, go to the ScienceWriters meeting site.
The Hawaiian Bobtail Squid isn’t afraid of the dark — but it still uses a nightlight.
Lack of field investigations from Vietnam, misguided research in China, and a scarcity of communication all contributed to the SARS pandemic that would claim over 774 lives in less than a year.
A society’s response to natural disasters may depend more on social factors than resource accumulation, according to new archaeological studies on ancient societies.
A key to protecting the world's fisheries, according to some experts, may just be tracking seafood from ocean to plate using DNA forensics.
Search-and-rescue comes first when an earthquake strikes — then comes analysis. But that doesn’t work for disease outbreaks.
The average Chicagoan spends 25 minutes commuting to work every morning, but at a closer look, women of African-American descent spend on average 80 minutes more per week traveling than their white counterparts, suggesting justice may be just as much a part of urban planning as the environment.
NASW members can access selected video of workshop sessions from the ScienceWriters2013 conference. Members can read more for the link and access code.
Throughout the year, we will be releasing videos or excerpts of selected NASW professional development workshop session to share with those unable to attend [ScienceWriters2013](http://www.sciencewriters2013.org). The first session released is [The XX Question](http://www.sciencewriters2013.org/sessions/d1-xx-question.html), taped on Saturday, November 2, 2013.