A society’s response to natural disasters may depend more on social factors than resource accumulation, according to new archaeological studies on ancient societies.
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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.
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Few people would assume that starting a publication is easy. But the take-home message of Saturday afternoon’s session on the topic drove home just how taxing the process can be. “It will leave you nerve-wracked and reaching for sedatives,” said panelist Bobbie Johnson, co-founder of the online publication Matter, which has been publishing long-form articles about science, technology, medicine and the environment since November 2012.
Sunday morning began as sweetly as the late Lou Reed’s until Maryn McKenna stepped in. Leave it to “scary disease girl” to scare a captive audience with a panel on pandemics. Grab a raisin danish and tune into a talk about a new SARS-like virus sweeping Saudi Arabia and cholera in Haiti.
There is no magic secret for writers when it comes to organizing your materials and time but there are a number of tools that could help, said panelists at NASW’s session on “Online and Offline Tools for Mastering Your Workflow.”