ScienceWriters2020 has a new logo
Nathan Pieplow, a professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder and author of the Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds, has created the winning logo this year’s ScienceWriters2020 conference.
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John Farrell: The Clock and the Camshaft
Although nailing a bent strip of iron to a horse’s hoof dates to Roman times, widespread use of horseshoes arose only at the end of the 800s. Horseshoes provided better traction and boosted draft horses’ endurance, helping foster greater agricultural productivity, John Farrell reports in The Clock and the Camshaft and Other Medieval Inventions We Still Can’t Live Without.
NASW opposes the CDC's decision to bar Voice of America media requests
NASW strongly opposes the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's decision to categorically bar Voice of America journalists from speaking with CDC experts, as documented on the Knight First Amendment Institute website.
Desk Notes Newsletter, June 17, 2020
Inside the June 2020 edition: Congratulations to our Diversity Summer Fellows, new resources to help you work through the COVID-19 pandemic, meet a new member, & more.
Shannon Brescher Shea: Growing Sustainable Together
As a self-described “green mom,” Shannon Brescher Shea aims to help other families embrace earth-friendly tactics in daily life. In Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources for Raising Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children, she encourages parents and children to walk, bike, and use public transit, lower home energy use, avoid acquiring “stuff,” and volunteer in their communities.
NASW Awards 3 Diversity Summer Fellowships
Congratulations to MK Manoylov, Ariana Remmel, and Evelyn Valdez-Ward on being selected for 2020 Diversity Summer Fellowships from the National Association of Science Writers. Each will receive $5,000 as well as a one-year membership to NASW.