The Gulf oil spill story is back from the dead, and so is 70% of the spilled oil. Health effects of the oil spill. Human evolution: The database. Human future: Written in the stars. Human brain: Power corrupts, but why? Sex is brain food.
"Thank you NASW for believing in me and helping me to make this exciting step in my career." That statement by science writer Erica Gies echoes the sentiments of 16 science writers who received NASW career development grants in 2009.
Does the future of science publishing depend on the future of science blogging?
All regular members should have received a unique email invitation to participate in the upcoming Board and Officers election.
Virginia Heffernan bashes science blogs, and science blogs bash back. Ignorance is no excuse. Is Virginia Heffernan our target audience? Press power proves more than skin deep. Information still wants to be free. The future of online science writing.
Beginning this fall, I'll be creating a new graduate program in science writing at Florida Atlantic University, in Jupiter. Fla., just north of West Palm Beach. And although I haven't yet told him this, I owe the job, at least in part, to Dave Perlman.
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing is pilloried but pushes back. Gene regulation, pro and con. Why cystic fibrosis is not a WASP disease and other genetic errors.
Women get HIV protection. What is an embargo break anyway? Tony Fauci explains the HIV gel. The climate for climate. Studying behavior is hard, but changing behavior is really hard. Frans de Waal explains that primates are excellent at conflict resolution.
