The use of CRISPR technology as a medical intervention is revolutionary, but headlines may wrongly imply that progress is linear and generalized, that treatments for all childhood rare diseases are within reach.
“I used to follow parcels of water around the ocean,” Deirdre Lockwood reports in her poem, “My Chemistry.” She divides her first book of poetry An Introduction to Error into four sections: Materials, Methods, Results, & Discussion. A self-described “observationalist,” she offers meditations on research and life: “detecting what is or trying to write it down and not get too seasick along the way.”
Dawn Fallik, a journalism professor and freelance investigative reporter, will share practical tips on contract negotiation. She’ll offer examples of predatory terms to watch out for and examples of specific language you might consider.
A jumpsuit can predict if babies reach their growth targets without a doctor’s visit.
American universities are navigating rapid changes to government funding and federal policy. Within this upheaval, the conduct of scientific research is facing particularly intense pressure. Join the leaders of NASW’s Institutional Communicators Committee to learn how communications professionals at five major institutions are responding to reinforce awareness and appreciation of the societal impact this research represents.
“Even people with high levels of science literacy are prone to cognitive bias,” NASW member Beth Malow and others note in Beyond the Politics of Contempt: Practical Steps to Build Positive Relationships in Divided Times. The authors discuss barriers to critical thinking and ways to surmount them, topics reporters may find useful when addressing polarized issues, e.g. vaccine safety and autism.
More than half of children born in 2020 will experience a number of heatwaves endured by only one in 10,000 people living in pre-industrial climates, according to a study published in May in the journal Nature.
International discussions have addressed theoretical applications for germline gene editing, there is still no global consensus on how, or even if, it should be used as a medical therapy. This open ethical question has been exploited by rogue actors eager to provide an answer in defiance of legal boundaries.
While the musical triangle may be geometrically simple, its acoustic behavior is not obvious, according to new observations of the instrument’s sound wave patterns.
