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Laura Shin
Laura Shin
Contributing Editor
Laura Shin has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Los Angeles Times, and is currently a contributor at Forbes. Previously, she worked at Newsweek, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and LearnVest. She holds degrees from Stanford University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
Laura Shin
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She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Rose Eveleth
Rose Eveleth
Contributing Editor
Rose Eveleth is a freelance writer, producer and designer based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, OnEarth, Discover, New York Times, Story Collider and Radiolab. She holds degrees from the University of California, San Diego and New York University.
Rose Eveleth
Rose does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
she writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Hot Posts
Archive: 06-2011
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Video: Can tsunamis create static electricity?
In the last week, new research upended the theory of how static electricity works — and a small tsunami in England caused people’s hair to stand on end with the mysterious stuff.
June 30, 2011, 8:36 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Scientists grow a brain-like network in the lab
Scientists mix up the perfect brain cells in the lab and see spurts of activity, which could one day be used to treat stroke patients.
June 30, 2011, 4:00 AM PDT | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Math museum to open [video]
A Museum of Mathematics set to open in Manhattan next year will illustrate the beauty of math through interactive exhibits such as square-wheeled tricycles.
June 29, 2011, 9:48 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Water-racing pod on steroids goes 50 mph, leaps 18 feet into air
The Seabreacher is a jumping, diving, speeding water sub/Jet Ski, making it more similar to a dolphin than any other man-made machine.
June 29, 2011, 7:52 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Pen writes flexible electronics with silver ink
Printed electronics will be in everything from photovoltaics to transistors to displays to batteries to antennas to sensors. Scientists have a pen that can write circuits directly onto a surface.
June 29, 2011, 3:18 AM PDT | By Boonsri Dickinson
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The no-nose bike saddle faces a marketing problem
Compared to traditional bicycle saddles, no-nose versions reduce numbness, tingling and other symptoms in bike riders. So why aren’t they more popular?
June 28, 2011, 8:24 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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An ‘invisibility’ cloak — not for sight, but for sound
Scientists have demonstrated a “cloak” that makes objects invisible to sound waves, which could someday be used to conceal ships from sonar.
June 27, 2011, 8:38 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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How stock market math is used to battle HIV and search for a cure
Interview with MIT researcher Arup Chakraborty. He tells SmartPlanet how he’s using concepts from physics, math and engineering to understand how HIV mutates.
June 27, 2011, 11:49 AM PDT | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Why your cable set-top box is an energy vampire
Powering your cable set-top box and DVR may be the biggest part of your electricity bill.
June 26, 2011, 10:20 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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The human genome? Got an app for that
Browse the human genome on an iPad, all 3 billion base pairs.
June 25, 2011, 4:00 AM PDT | By Boonsri Dickinson