- Subscribe to this page:
- RSS
Pure Genius
Melanie D.G. Kaplan
Melanie D.G. Kaplan
Contributing Writer
Melanie D.G. Kaplan is a regular contributor to The Washington Post and Nomad Edition's Good Dog and has written for The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler and People. She holds degrees from Syracuse University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She is based in Washington, D.C.
Melanie D.G. Kaplan
In addition to working as a journalist, Melanie keeps the dog food fund flush with occasional consulting jobs. In the unusual event that her writing mentions a company or organization for which she has provided editorial services, she will disclose that fact. She will do the same should she cover any companies in which she holds investments.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Christina Hernandez Sherwood
Christina Hernandez Sherwood
Contributing Writer
Christina Hernandez Sherwood has written for the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education and Columbia Journalism Review. She holds degrees from the University of Delaware and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She is based in New Jersey.
Christina Hernandez Sherwood
In the unlikely event that Christina has a professional or financial relationship with a company she writes about, it will be prominently disclosed.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Matthew Malone
Matthew Malone
Contributing Writer
Matthew Malone is the editor-at-large of Aspen Magazine. Formerly, he was a staff reporter at Conde Nast Portfolio. He has written for The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Smartmoney.com, Fortune.com and Forbes.com. He holds degrees from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He is based in Connecticut.
Matthew Malone
In the unlikely event that Matt has a professional or financial relationship with a company he writes about, it will be prominently disclosed.
He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Jason Dearen
Jason Dearen
Contributing Writer
Jason Dearen covers the environmental beat for the Associated Press. He is based in San Francisco.
Jason Dearen
In the unlikely event that Jason has a professional or financial relationship with a company he writes about, it will be prominently disclosed.
He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Molly Petrilla
Molly Petrilla
Contributing Writer
Molly Petrilla is a freelance writer based in New Jersey. She has written for The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia magazine, Cleveland Magazine, The History Channel Magazine and The Princeton Packet. She holds a degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Molly Petrilla
Molly Petrilla does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Pure Genius
Pure Genius examines the innovation that drives the world's most amazing scientific discoveries and the great minds behind them, from university research to military advancements.
-
Q&A: Francisco Garcia, city planning director, Miami
Four city planners, four different plans for the future. In a bonus series to our special package on the built environment, we ring major U.S. cities to find out what's next. Today's subject: Miami.
February 6, 2012 6:53am |
-
Q&A: John Maeda, president, Rhode Island School of Design
As an artist, designer and higher-education leader, Maeda is on a mission to infuse science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with art and design.
February 1, 2012 8:56am |
-
The buildings are alive: in biology, designers and architects seek answers
As the world's population booms, architects and designers increasingly look to mimic biology to create less polluting, more efficient buildings and cities.
2 | January 26, 2012 1:00am |
-
The future of LEED
The LEED green building ratings system has been criticized for being limited in scope and difficult to achieve. Can the USGBC bring it to the masses? We drop by to find out.
1 | January 25, 2012 1:00am |
-
Rethinking the row home
Philadelphia's Postgreen Homes lures buyers with a rare promise: eco-friendly new construction for less than $300,000. Despite a tough economy, the company has sold nine houses. Here's why.
2 | January 24, 2012 1:00am |
-
Restoring Honor
Honor, Mich. was a small town that had so much going for it. But along the way, it got off track. Now, residents are trying to reclaim their beloved town by restoring a sense of "place."
January 23, 2012 1:00am |
-
Q&A: Stephanie Lacour, assistant professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
A pioneer in the field of stretchable electronics, Lacour has developed wearable devices that transmit real-time biological information.
1 | October 28, 2011 4:00am |
-
Q&A: Chip Crawford, director of planning, HOK
Chip Crawford champions the techniques of biomimicry, using nature to find solutions to our problems, and works closely with Heinz Award winner Janine Benyus.
2 | October 27, 2011 4:00am |
-
Q&A: Louis Guillette Jr., endowed chair of Marine Genomics, Medical University of South Carolina
Louis Guillette recently won a Heinz Award for his groundbreaking studies on how toxic chemicals impact reproductive development and functioning.
October 25, 2011 4:00am |
-
Q&A: Nancy Rabalais, executive director, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Rabalais is a recent Heinz Award winner for her work on aquatic environments, specifically the Gulf "dead zone."
October 20, 2011 4:00am |
-
Empowering children and parents who call garbage dumps home
As a child, Ryan Integlia learned about the plight of people in some developing countries who worked -- and lived -- in garbage dumps. He launched a nonprofit to help.
3 | October 18, 2011 4:00am |
-
Trash collection goes high tech to promote recycling
Paying only for the trash you throw out isn't a new concept, but now the technology has caught up.
14 | October 13, 2011 4:00am |
-
Using physics to answer life's impossible questions
Rhett Allain can see physics in everyday life. But for his students at Southeastern Louisiana University, some of the concepts were a bit trickier to grasp.
1 | October 11, 2011 4:00am |
-
How technology can reduce traffic congestion and air pollution
Integrating our disconnected traffic systems -- from traffic lights to personal on-board navigation -- could reduce urban congestion and even air pollution.
5 | October 6, 2011 4:00am |
-
How nature can solve our engineering -- and life -- challenges
For Janine Benyus, the answers to our most complicated questions can be found in a place we often overlook: nature.
6 | October 4, 2011 4:00am |
-
Steingraber on fracking and raising kids in a toxic world
More from Sandra Steingraber, the Heinz Award winning biologist who focused her life's work on the links between environmental toxins and human diseases.
8 | September 29, 2011 4:00am |
-
From cancer survivor to environmental health expert
From Sandra Steingraber's bladder cancer diagnosis to raising her two children amid the threat of fracking, her life's work has focused on the links between the environment and human health.
September 27, 2011 4:00am |
-
What does it take to be airline of the year?
Qatar Airways, which becomes 100 aircraft strong this week, is bucking the industry trend of slow growth and cut services. SmartPlanet tours its newest product, the Boeing 777-300ER.
1 | September 26, 2011 2:00am |
-
Extending smart phone battery life by more than 50 percent
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new smart phone mode that could extend battery life by more than 50 percent.
1 | September 22, 2011 4:00am |
-
Mobile lab tracks greenhouse gas emissions
In an effort to help officials measure emissions -- and their impacts -- researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have built a mobile research facility to measure greenhouse gases.
2 | September 20, 2011 4:00am |