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ScienceWriters2026 to take place September 25-28 The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing and the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) are pleased to announce that ScienceWriters2026 will take place September ...

CASW, NASW accepting session proposals for ScienceWriters2026 The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) and the National Association of Science Writers (NASW), in partnership with Oregon State University, are proud to invite y...

Meet the 2026 National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellows Six journalists have been selected for the 2026 National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships (SHERF) program. The fellowship is a collaboration of the Association of H...

Entry window open for 2026 CASW prizes, fellowships Science journalists are invited to apply or nominate their colleagues for three major science journalism prizes to be awarded by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing ...

Droegemeier: Research funding challenges a needed “wake-up call” for institutions The second Trump administration has made unprecedented cuts to federal spending on scientific research, leading some to fear for the future of science in the United States. “The ...

Science students report on RNA, quantum information and more at ScienceWriters2025 At ScienceWriters2025, eight science graduate students jumped into journalism to cover the 63rd annual New Horizons in Science briefings and the 13th Patrusky Lecture. They filed s...

Pandemic prevention starts now: Three tools to fight the next health threat This year, almost two thousand measles cases dotted America. Cholera, dengue and other infectious diseases continued to spread across the world. As these old menaces threaten to st...

“A fundamentally new technology”: David Awschalom on quantum information science Technology has reshaped society in ways once presumed unimaginable — the first ARPANET message transmitted in 1969, for example, laid the foundation for the internet. Today, ...

Uncovering the tangled story behind AI’s water use One news source states artificial intelligence, or AI, may use up much of the water around Illinois and deplete drinking water sources. At the same time, a social media post argues...

Iran, new Russian weapons, Golden Dome: Expert briefs writers on nuclear threats Other crises may have pushed nuclear weapons out of the spotlight in recent years, but MIT physicist and nuclear security expert Lisbeth Gronlund told attendees on Nov. 8 at the Sc...

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