“How Science Writing Saved My Life,” was one of the highlights of the ScienceWriters 2011 opening session, which followed the high-energy format of an Ignite event. In rapid succession, ten presenters had exactly five minutes each to speak on a topic of their choice. Each presenter used twenty slides, which were set to auto-advance every 15 seconds.
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Field trips on forest and range science management near our Flagstaff, Ariz., meeting site, workshops on audio and video production, and a welcome reception are among today's highlights at "a meeting for science writers, by science writers." If you are unable to attend, you can follow the Twitter hashtag #sciwri11 or just check this page, where Purdue University is aggregating tweets. Watch this space over the weekend for further reports.
The Scientist is dead. The Bolshoi Simulation: It's Life, the Universe, and Everything. Except Life.
It's impossible to anticipate who will have health literacy problems. You can’t predict based on a patient’s age, gender, profession or income. So what can be done? Listen to my conversation with AHRQ’s Cindy Brach to hear how AHRQ is offering tools to help clinicians communicate better: http://engagingthepatient.com/2011/10/03/ahrqs-cindy-brach-the-20-actions-you-can-take-to-prevent-health-literacy-related-complications/
Archived video. You're invited: On Monday Oct. 3, from 3 to 5 p.m., the National Press Club (529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C) will host a panel of journalists and invited administration officials to critique what journalists and the government are (or aren’t) doing to for transparency. Or watch the webcast. http://www.press.org/events/press-freedom-event NASW and its members assisted in data collection for the CJR investigation.
Oct. 3, 2011The latest on early human migration to Australia and Southeast Asia. The latest on what a mongrel species Homo sapiens is. Bioethics and Aborigine genetic research. 50 reasons not to believe in evolution. Nearly mind-reading and somewhat spooky: Capturing images of what the brain is seeing. Best video of the week: The NASA satellite that fell to earth. Not.
This guide aims to help NASW members make the best decisions and navigate the rapidly shifting terrain of e-book publishing.
DON'T PANIC, but Microorganisms R Us. Gut bacteria govern the brain and behavior, mice say. Yogurt and the Mind-Body Problem. My.microbes wants your microbes. The Encyclopedia of Life is reborn: 700,000 species and counting.
NASW Treasurer Ron Winslow, the New York-based deputy bureau chief for health and science and a veteran medical reporter at the Wall Street Journal, has been awarded the 2011 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. Winslow was cited for the “exceptional breadth, precision and clarity of his coverage about how technological innovation is transforming the world of medicine.”