Desk Notes Newsletter, March 20, 2019
Meet new member Ashley Hamer and read AAAS meeting coverage from NASW's undergraduate travel fellows in the March edition.
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Jason Goldman: Wild LA
In Los Angeles, the La Brea Tar Pits hold millions of Ice Ace fossils, bobcats roam urban parks, and the world’s northernmost resident sea turtle population swims in the San Gabriel River. In Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature In and Around Los Angeles, NASW member Jason G. Goldman and colleagues provide an informative guide to these and other attractions, with photos, maps, and directions.
Science and religion can work together to boost mental health outcomes
A neuroscientist, a psychiatrist, and a theologian agree: Science and religion can work together to help improve mental health care. Studies have shown that religiosity is linked to positive mental health, though there has not always been an easy relationship between psychiatry and religion.
Mar. 19, 2019
Meet new member Ashley Hamer
Ashley Hamer, managing editor at Curiosity, shares #WhySciWri in this short Q&A.
Fellow reports back from AAAS meeting
Betsy Ladyzhets, a senior at Barnard College completing a dual degree in biology and English, shares her experience as an NASW Undergraduate Travel Fellow to AAAS.
Extreme weather events spawn a new field in climate science
An emerging multidisciplinary field called event attribution can link occurrences such as a specific hurricane or heat wave to climate change with relative confidence.
Rod Pyle: Space 2.0
SpaceX sent a Crew Dragon spacecraft with cargo to the International Space Station this month. A planned Crew Dragon trip to ISS later this year will put two NASA astronauts in space for the first time since 2011. In SPACE 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age, Rod Pyle conveys the excitement of the next era of space exploration.
SciCommSouth Conference in Austin
You’re invited to the second annual SciCommSouth conference on April 6 in Austin. This day-long meeting is designed for science communicators of all stripes from Texas and surrounding states to meet and share ideas with other communicators from across the region and brush up on skills.
Christie Aschwanden: Good to Go
Once seen as rest between workouts, recovery today is deemed an active extension of training. Techniques, foods, drinks, and other products that promise to speed recovery abound. Some help; some don’t or even may cause harm. In Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery, Christie Aschwanden helps readers distinguish substance from hype.