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CASW elects Reid, Stone to board seats
The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is pleased to welcome two distinguished new members to its Board of Directors. Czerne Reid of the University of Florida and Richa...
CASW announces Antarctic expedition reporting opportunity
The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing is pleased to announce a fellowship that will enable an early-career science journalist to accompany a major oceanographic expedi...
GEOTRACES Expedition Reporting Fellowship: Frequently Asked Questions
The application deadline for the fellowship has passed. What is the purpose and nature of this fellowship? CASW and the scientists leading the GEOTRACES cruise to Antarctica seek t...
The robots are coming! Time for us to understand how they work — and don’t
Ross Sowell is being followed. When he walks back and forth, his shadower walks back and forth. When he stops, it stops. When he turns, it turns. Suddenly, he jumps sideways. His s...
Bigger-than-expected Greenland ice caves could speed ice sheet movement into ocean
Matt Covington hung from the edge of a Greenland ice cave, peering into its depths. He couldn’t see the bottom, hundreds of meters below—but he could hear it: running water and...
Contributions from ‘outsiders’ can benefit science, physicist-musician says
Cosmologist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander asked for three volunteers from his audience of science writers and gave each a pitch at which to sing. With a wave of the hand he s...
Flu and COVID-19 will both surge this winter, but maybe not at the same time
Flu is expected to make a comeback this winter after two years of being suppressed by COVID-19 control measures. But it’s unclear how the two respiratory diseases might interact ...
Police crackdown could worsen overdose crisis but harm-reduction strategies can help, expert says
Each year, tens of thousands of Americans die from drug overdoses, most of which are linked to opioids, such as the synthetic drug fentanyl, according to the National Center for He...
Data visualization reveals hidden wonders from telescopes
Majestic images of the cosmos captivated the world in 2022 following the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, (JWST). But if you could fly through space, you wouldn’t be abl...
Journalists should report selectively and critically on polls, expert advises
Pre-election surveys fooled Americans in 2016. Presidential polls consistently put Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump. Clinton did win the popular vote, but Trump won the Electo...
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