ScienceWriters Magazine, Winter/Spring 2022
Read the Winter/Spring 2022 issue of ScienceWriters magazine.
Featured news
Florence Williams—Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey
When Florence Williams’ husband left her after 25 years of marriage, she felt bereft, lost 20 lbs., and had trouble sleeping. “People who have suffered lost love face an elevated risk of serious medical woes, including sudden heart attacks,” she reports. In Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey, Williams explores heartbreak’s impact on mind and body and tactics that helped her recover.
Rebecca E. Hirsch—Where Have All the Birds Gone? Nature in Crisis
Birds don’t see glass; some crash into skyscrapers and die. Free-ranging cats find birds easy prey. Pesticides harm insects essential to birds’ diets. In Where Have All the Birds Gone: Nature in Crisis, Rebecca Hirsch describes bird-friendly building and lighting tactics adopted by some cities, wetlands restoration, endangered species laws, and other efforts to save dwindling bird populations.
Liz Heinecke—The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Physics for Kids
Balancing two intertwined forks on a toothpick resting on the edge of a glass helps kids understand Isaac Newton’s concept of gravity. Homemade slime helps illustrate Lise Meitner’s recognition of nuclear fission. In The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Physics for Kids, Liz Heinecke introduces young readers to 25 physicists & provides photo-illustrated guides to home experiments based on their work.
Desk Notes Newsletter, February 16, 2022
Inside the February 2022 edition: Help shape ScienceWriters2022, a new science reporting award, mid-career mentoring, and more.
Mentor/Editor-Mentee Matches and Table Assignments: NASW-AAAS Spring Virtual Mentoring Program 2022
Here are the mentor/editor-mentee matches and table assignments.
NASW Virtual Internship Fair 2022 Recruiters
Here are the internship providers who will be participating in the NASW Virtual Internship Fair and Editor Meet & Greet 2022
