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Laura Shin
Laura Shin
Contributing Editor, Science
Laura Shin has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Audubon and SolveClimate.com. She is currently a senior editor at LearnVest.com. Previously, she worked at Newsweek, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. She holds degrees from Stanford University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
Laura Shin
In the unlikely event that Laura 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.
Christopher Mims
Christopher Mims
Contributing Editor, Science
Christopher Mims has written for Scientific American, WIRED, Popular Science, Fast Company, Good, Discover, Slate, Technology Review, Nature and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University. Formerly, he was an editor at Scientific American, Grist and Seed. He is based in Washington, D.C.
Christopher Mims
Christopher does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what he covers.
He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
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Majority of states receive D or F in science education
A sobering report shows that science education standards are sorely lacking. The authors point out four areas for improvement.
5 | February 5, 2012 7:02pm |
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Study shows how swiftly infectious viruses evolve
When a virus can't infect its target cell, how long does it take for it to evolve to successfully invade it again? A new study has a frightening answer.
7 | January 31, 2012 5:40am |
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Video: Navigate a computer ... with your eyeballs
Think the mouse, touchscreens and Siri give us all the computer help we need? Well, the responsiveness of our gadgets is about to jump to a whole new level.
2 | January 29, 2012 7:52pm |
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Wearing high heels alters one's barefoot gait, study says
High heels ... men love them, women love them, but our calf muscles? Not so much.
2 | January 26, 2012 8:09pm |
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Video: A robot that uses whiskers to get around
It's not easy to train a robot to "see" like a human. But is there another way to accomplish that task? Enter the whiskered Shrewbot.
1 | January 25, 2012 9:12pm |
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First stem cell treatment in humans improves sight in the blind
The first embryonic stem cell treatment in humans shows promise for increasing vision in the blind, giving a boost to the controversial field.
5 | January 25, 2012 4:12am |
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Japan earthquake and tsunami inspire disaster-fighting tools
From a floating pod called "Noah," to an exoskeleton that walks for you, new Japanese inventions are cropping up to help in the event of another disaster.
January 22, 2012 8:07pm |
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Roll your suitcase, charge your phone
Since our gadgets' batteries die most often when we're on the road, wouldn't it be nice if all the running we did in airports could be put to some use?
2 | January 20, 2012 5:29am |
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Exercise shown to stave off Alzheimer's in high-risk subjects
When it comes to genetic diseases, a new study shows we have more control over our destinies than we think. What makes the difference is a daily jog or walk.
January 18, 2012 6:41pm |
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Fatty foods cause brain scarring, study shows
A single high-fat meal can cause inflammation and scarring in the brain in mice and rats -- and brain scans of humans show a fatty diet could do the same to us.
8 | January 18, 2012 5:15am |
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Fast superbug test can identify staph infection within hours
Superbug test just got super fast.
January 16, 2012 7:00am |
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Limiting climate change improves human and agricultural production
Limiting black carbon could really help climate change.
1 | January 15, 2012 9:29pm |
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A new lab studies what it is like to be an avatar
We may soon have avatars.
3 | January 15, 2012 6:24pm |
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App sends Mars Rover images to your smartphone
Get Mars sent to your smartphone.
January 15, 2012 5:37pm |
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Super-fast quantum computers are here! Sort of.
Details emerge about the inner workings of a 512 qubit quantum computer that no one's ever seen and that critics say might not even be the real deal. But if it is...
1 | January 13, 2012 6:30am |
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Jobs report reveals engineering, science are only safe careers of the future
As innovation accelerates, automation and its masters are feeding off the corpse of the old world at an unprecedented pace.
3 | January 13, 2012 6:05am |
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The missing link between exercise and health
Researchers discovered a new exercise-induced hormone that explains how physical activity cuts bad fat, boost good fat and helps prevent diabetes.
1 | January 13, 2012 5:11am |
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Galaxy has at least 100 billion planets, says new estimate
Three new astronomical findings this week are upending the conventional view of the cosmos: Planets (and planets that orbit two stars) are more common than we think.
5 | January 12, 2012 5:23am |
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Will defense budget cuts hurt science and innovation?
The Internet. Jet engines. Satellite navigation. We could see fewer of these kinds of innovations with the coming shrinkage of the military budget.
1 | January 11, 2012 6:54pm |
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Coming soon: $1,000 to map your genes
Life Technologies aims to launch, by year's end, a machine that will map your whole genome for $1,000. Cue the revolution in medical prevention and treatment.
January 10, 2012 9:11pm |