NASW members are invited to apply for a spot in the Peggy Girshman Idea Grant-funded workshop "Pandemic Recovery: Creativity, Mental Health and Resilience."
NASW members are invited to apply for a spot in the Peggy Girshman Idea Grant-funded workshop "Pandemic Recovery: Creativity, Mental Health and Resilience."
Oct. 14, 2021
Andrew Meissen (@AndrewMeissen) is the recipient of the 2021 Diane McGurgan Service Award from the National Association of Science Writers. The award is presented annually to a volunteer or volunteers who have gone beyond the call of duty to lead or support NASW programs and activities.
During pandemic shutdowns, with more people staying home, kangaroos hopped on Adelaide, Australia’s streets. Coyotes trotted on the beach in the daytime near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. These appearances remind us that humans often disrupt animal habitats and can do more to protect them, Lenora Todaro writes in Sea Lions in the Parking Lot: Animals on the Move in a Time of Pandemic.
“Animals are motion masters. They skitter, scuttle, grip, glide, spring, cling, & more,” Linda Zajac reports in Robo-Motion: Robots That Move Like Animals, an illustrated book for 4-9 year-olds. Robots that mimic animal motion help surgeons reach into tight spaces, explore the seafloor, aid in search & rescue missions, and perhaps soon may serve as first responders for wildfires & other dangers.
