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Carbon-capture technology could combat climate change – if it’s safe
At the AAAS annual meeting, researchers discuss the environmental impacts of ocean based carbon-capture technologies, which may help mitigate climate change.
GPT-4 is all talk and not much understanding, says this AI expert
Although it seems they might leave humans in the dust, generative AI systems are still bested by questions that even a child could answer, studies show.
The Next Ninety Years: 90th anniversary address of the National Association of Science Writers
On the 90th anniversary of NASW's founding, the 2022-2024 Board of the National Association of Science Writers shares its reflections on the state of the industry.
Take leadership! Submit your name to run for the NASW Board in 2024
The National Association of Science Writers invites its Professional Members in good stand to submit their candidacy for the 2024-26 NASW Board.
Announcing NASW “spring break” hours for 2024
The National Association of Science Writers team announces its "spring break" office schedule for 2024.
Ten students receive NASW travel funding to explore science writing careers at 2024 AAAS Annual Meeting
The National Association of Science Writers provided travel funds to 10 students exploring science writing careers to attend the 2024 AAAS Annual Meeting.
Feb. 15, 2024
Nell Greenfieldboyce—Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life
“Much of scientific inquiry, like poetry, involves play and metaphor and idiosyncratic obsessions and just plain fiddling around,” Nell Greenfieldboyce asserts. In Transient And Strange: Notes on the Science of Life, she employs these same tactics to explore the nature of tornados, meteorites, black holes, lives of fleas and spiders, doodling, quality of silence, making of toast, and making of babies.