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Laura Shin
Laura Shin
Contributing Editor
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.
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.
Archive: 07-2011
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‘Climate change is not a religion. Climate change is science’
Energy and climate change are up for discussion tonight in a new Weather Channel program called “Changing Planet.” NBC correspondent Anne Thompson tells SmartPlanet what worries her...
July 26, 2011, 5:30 AM PDT | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Graphene-coated sensors hunt for oil, powered by flowing water
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute developed a way to harvest energy from flowing water, creating new ways for oil exploration.
July 21, 2011, 5:32 AM PDT | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Video: Tank robot pulverizes land mines, barely blinks at explosions
This remote-controlled tank annihilates land mines as easily as a horse flicks away flies.
July 20, 2011, 8:42 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Antibacterial stainless steel can prevent the spread of superbugs
Researchers developed a way to create antibacterial stainless steel, so it can kill bacteria and still be strong enough to withstand regular cleaning.
July 20, 2011, 5:48 PM PDT | By Boonsri Dickinson
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The science behind one woman’s quest to swim 60 hours in shark-infested waters
Diana Nyad will soon attempt to swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida — with help from new advances in science, technology and nutrition.
July 19, 2011, 10:42 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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How tracking your fish to the fisherman can improve seafood sustainability
A group in Canada is offering a high-tech system that lets diners check the history of the fish back to the fisherman, helping to improve quality and sustainability of our fisheries.
July 19, 2011, 10:24 AM PDT | By Boonsri Dickinson
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‘Safe’ playgrounds could be stunting emotional development, studies say
Some scientists say that “safe” playgrounds actually make children more anxious and fearful, while other critics dispute the idea that they are even physically safer.
July 18, 2011, 9:38 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Editing DNA to rewrite a cell’s genome
Rewriting DNA can one day help to make artificial proteins or make bacteria that is resistant to viral infection.
July 18, 2011, 4:08 AM PDT | By Boonsri Dickinson
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New space telescope is biggest yet, with ‘dish’ 30 times Earth’s diameter
A Russian space telescope set to launch on Monday will be the biggest ever, which perhaps makes up for the fact that it took more than 30 years to develop.
July 17, 2011, 8:34 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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How to visualize data using Google Fusion Tables
Ever feel like you have too much data and don’t know what to do with it? Boonsri Dickinson spends the day at Google, learning how to visualize data onto a map.
July 17, 2011, 11:02 AM PDT | By Boonsri Dickinson