Physicists are making major advance ments with planar lenses that can scatter and bend rays of light, sans bulge. Rachel love nuwer is a freelance science journalist, writing for the new york times, scientific american, audubon, national geographic, and more. How to find a fourleaf clover smart news smithsonian. Behind the scenes of poached with science journalist. Rachel nuwer is a freelance science journalist who contributes to outlets such as the new york times, scientific american and new scientist. Rachel nuwer is an awardwinning freelance journalist who reports about science, travel, food and adventure for media outlets such as the new york times, national geographic, scientific american. Rachel nuwer rachel nuweris an awardwinning science journalist who regularly contributes to the new york times, national geographic, bbc future, and scientific american, among others. Rachel love nuwer nuwer explores the forces currently driving demand for animals and their parts. Pulitzer center grantee rachel nuwer s new book, poached. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover rachel s. How the illegal wildlife trade is growing bolder wildlife author and journalist rachel nuwer discusses her new book poached about one of the worlds fastestgrowing.
Science books offer an opportunity to step back from the constant stream of dramatic new. Inside the dark world of wildlife trafficking, offers a new look on the poachers, traders, customers of, and people against illegal wildlife trade. Rachel love nuwer is an awardwinning science journalist who regularly contributes to the new york times, national geographic, bbc future, and scientific american. Rachel nuwer is a new yorkbased freelance journalist who writes about science, travel and adventure for outlets such as the new york times, scientific american, and national geographic. Inside the dark world of wildlife trafficking, was published in september 2018 with da capo press. Rachel love nuwer is a freelance science journalist whose writing has appeared in the new york times, national geographic, scientific american, bbc future, and elsewhere. Rachel nuwer is an awardwinning science journalist who regularly contributes to the new york times, national geographic, bbc future, and scientific american, among. From bears farmed for their bile in china to pangolins hunted for their meat and scales throughout asia and africa, the animals themselves feature in these stories. The american paddlefish averages five feet in length and can live for 30 years. She regularly blogs about wildlife for smithsonian and publishes a column, last place on earth, with bbc future. She also writes two columns, last place on earth and what if, for bbc future. Rachel nuwer, biology honors 07, is an awardwinning science journalist who regularly contributes to the new york times, national geographic, and scientific american.
Recommended books rachel hasnt added any book recommendations yet. Rachel nuwer turns out wildlife trade impacts way more animals than we thought at least 5,600 species, and thats only counting whats living on land. About rachel rachel nuwer is a science journalist who writes for venues including the new york times, sciencenow and scientific american. Smart news keeping you current how to find a fourleaf clover with a few scientific tips, you can maximize your odds of securing a lucky charm this st. Rachel nuwer brooklyn, new york professional profile. However, although nuwer has a background in science, she does not always treat the animals in question in a scientific mannerthey are an important part of the story, but little to no time is spent on information such as scientific names or native habitats. Birdseye views of earth, civil war submarine mystery, and more.
In when cops lose control, published in scientific american mind, author rachel nuwer a science journalist probes the psychological components that are compelling police officers to react with deadly force and looks for a solution to defuse the automatic mindset imbedded in the minds of police officers. The freshwater giants are dying the new york times. In her ambitious debut about wildlife trafficking around the world, science journalist nuwer national geographic, scientific american leads readers through the tangled, and painfully human, webs of animal poaching industries. Rachel love nuwer audio books, best sellers, author bio. They identified 207 such species and combed the scientific. Velvet spiders family eresidae are a small group about species in 9 genera of spiders almost entirely limited to the old world, with exception of a few species known from brazil. She contributes to outlets such as the new york times, smithsonian, scientific american, new scientist, popular science, audubon, and more. For readers who appreciate these details, the book, for all of its charm, falls short. They have recently hatched in the incubators science writing programs at schools of. Rachel love nuwer author rachel nuwer is an awardwinning science journalist who regularly contributes to the new york times, national geographic, bbc future and scientific american, among others. The sweet smell of synthetic whale ambergris science 2. Rachel nuwer, author at spectrum autism research news.
Rachel nuwer in moby dick, melville scoffs that fine ladies and gentlemen should regale themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale. An intrepid investigation of the criminal world of wildlife traffickingthe poachers, the traders, and the customersand of those fighting against itjournalist rachel nuwer plunges the reader into the underground of global wildlife trafficking, a topic she has been investigating for nearly a decade. Rachel nuwer, 07 biology honors, minor in english, gave. About the author rachel nuwer is an awardwinning science journalist who regularly contributes to the new york times, national geographic, bbc future, and scientific american, among others. Poached by rachel love nuwer, 9781911617082, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Put another way, 15 of the planets vertebrate land animals are ensnared in some form of trade.
In her new book poached, journalist rachel love nuwer travels into the heart of darkness that threatens elephants and many other species with extinction wildlife. Future camer as, however, may focus light by relying on flat lenses. Rachel nuwer is an awardwinning science journalist who regularly contributes to the new york times, national geographic, bbc future, and scientific american. She regularly reports on wildlife for smithsonian magazine, and publishes two columns, last place on earth and what if. The characteristics of this family of spiders are that they are entelegyne have a genital plate in the female, eighteyed araneomorph spiders that build unkempt webs. Rachel nuwer is an awardwinning science journalist who regularly contributes to the new york times, national geographic, bbc future, and scientific american, among others. Rachel nuwer is an awardwinning science journalist who regularly contributes to the new york times, national geographic, bbc future and scientific american, among others. The ten best science books of 2019 smithsonian magazine. Rachel nuwer is an awardwinning freelance journalist who reports about science, travel, food and adventure for the new york times, national geographic, bbc future and more.
Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. View rachel nuwer s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Nuwer recounts many of the recent high profile cases where police used deadly force. Come hear her behind the scenes stories of hanging out with pangolin poachers in vietnamese jungles. Inside the dark world of wildlife trafficking a merloyd lawrence book.
A journey inside the deadly world of wildlife trafficking. How a worm gave the south a bad name nova pbs nova next. Rachel nuwer is a freelance journalist and author of poached. An intrepid investigation of the criminal world of wildlife traffickingthe poachers, the traders, and the customersand of those fighting against it journalist rachel nuwer plunges the reader into the underground of global. Rachel nuwer is an awardwinning freelance journalist who reports about science, travel, food and adventure for media outlets such as the new york times, national geographic, scientific american and more. Rachel nuwer rachel nuwer is an awardwinning science journalist who regularly contributes to the new york times, national geographic, bbc future, and scientific american, among others. They have recently hatched in the incubators science writing programs at. Rachel nuwer is a freelance science journalist who has written about lost languages for the bbc. Rachel nuwer materials science the lens descends optics, reimagined the gently curved lentil served as the namesake for the similarly shaped lens. Rachel nuwer rachel nuwer is an awardwinning freelance journalist who reports about science, travel, food and adventure for outlets such as the new york times, national geographic, scientific american and more. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the.
And without a tiny wasp that makes galls on oak trees, americas founders wouldnt have had. Rachel love nuwer is a science journalist whose writing has appeared in the new york times, national geographic, scientific american, bbc future, and. Poached was just named nonfiction book of the year by the american society of journalists and authors. Inside the dark world of wildlife trafficking da capo press, 2018. Inside the dark world of wildlife trafficking da capo. Following the example of the ancient egyptians and chinese, the fragrance industry has employed this essence, called ambergris, in perfume making for years. By rachel nuwer wednesday, april 27, 2016 nova next nova next share for more than three centuries, a plague of unshakable lethargy blanketed the american south.
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