SCONC NEWS WRITING BOOTCAMP
Check out the American Scientist pieces written by our 2023 news writing bootcamp partipants!
LEARNING FROM RURAL DISASTER RECOVERY
By Kristen Fontana | 12.19.2023
After two record floods swept through Robeson County, NC, in 2016 and 2018, government assistance fell far short of residents’ needs. How can coastal communities prepare for the increasing risk of rising waters
BROODING OVER BEES
By Marlo Chapman | 4.10.2024
Imported honeybee queens face disadvantages in new environments.
AN EYE ON LONG-TERM SPACE FLIGHT
By Shannon Persaud | 5.14.2024
Microgravity causes fluid shifts in the body that can affect vision.
TOWARD FINDING RESILIENCE
By Anca Frasineanu | 5.16.2024
Genetically diverse mice have more resistance to Alzheimer’s disease.
CHASING STARDUST
By Thanassis Psaltis | 5.28.2024
A quest to find sodium from stellar explosions can reveal more about how elements are made.
BIRD FLU EVOLVES ON THE WINGS OF WILD BIRDS
By Jameson Blount | 5.30.2024
Viruses that travel with migrating waterfowl can easily make the jump to humans.
ANCIENT VIRUSES INADVERTENTLY AIDED THE EVOLUTION OF PRIMATE BRAINS
By Hannah Kania | 6.24.2024
Genomes fighting off attacks changed the activity of ancestral neurons.
ANCIENT MAIZE YIELDS CLUES TO MORE RESILIENT CORN
By Alison Deviney | 7.02.2024
Wild genes help modern crops thrive in adverse conditions.
CAN GIRAFFES GET STRESSED TOO?
By Kayla Fulkerson | 7.05.2024
A human-based measure of health biomarkers can help animals housed in zoos.
HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART?
By Maggie DeMonia | 7.30.2024
Reverting cardiac cells to an infant state could fix tissue damage from a heart attack.
BUCKLING WITHOUT BREAKING
By Meagan Mulcair | 8.12.2024
Inspiration from a wasp could improve long, thin engineered structures.
ALL BUNDLED UP
By Cullen Walsh | 8.16.2024
Colonies of stringy bacteria form collective patterns that help them respond to their environment.