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Sarah Everts—The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration
If you’ve been watching the Olympics, you’ve seen torrents of sweat. Elite athletes sweat sooner and more copiously than couch-potatoes, Sarah Everts reports in The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration. Their bodies anticipate and compensate for exercise-induced high core temperatures. Though “sticky, stinky, and gross,” Everts says, “sweat is among our most fascinating secretions.”
Special program on August 11: Numbers are not neutral
NASW is collaborating with the National Press Club Journalism Institute on a special webinar examining bias and representation in data.
Alison Pearce Stevens—Rhinos in Nebraska: The Amazing Discovery of the Ashfall Fossil Beds
Twelve million years ago, rhinos, elephants, camels, and saber-toothed deer roamed the ancient savanna we now call Nebraska, gathering at watering holes. The explosion of a supervolcano in present-day Idaho 1,000 miles away sent a blanket of ash that buried hundreds of animals for millennia. In Rhinos in Nebraska, Alison Pearce Stevens tells the story of their discovery and continuing excavation.
Making our membership more inclusive: proposed bylaws changes
We invite members to review and comment on recommendations from the Membership Committee and board to update the membership structure outlined in our bylaws. The goal of these recommendations is to provide for a more inclusive professional community and reflect changes in the field. The final recommendations will be put forward for a vote of the membership later this fall.
It’s not what to think. It’s what to think about.
NASW’s new Conflict of Interest Resource aims to inform science writers about behaviors or practices that may raise concerns and how to navigate them.
Melinda Wenner Moyer—How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes
In various surveys, parents rate kindness as the quality they most want to instill in children. But how? Bullying, racism, sexism, and school violence can’t be ignored. Melinda Wenner Moyer explored academic research and talked to educators and parenting experts. She shares her findings in How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting—From Tots to Teens.
Cynthia Barnett—The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
Seashells are the work of marine mollusks, the most diverse group of animals in the oceans, with the longest evolutionary history of species living today, Cynthia Barnett reports in The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans. Mollusks famously clean up the water around them, she notes. How long can they survive if they keep consuming chemical contaminants and microplastic fibers?