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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
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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: 11-2011
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Can soldiers be trained to not become war criminals?
Even in the most psychologically taxing environment on earth, ethics training works.
November 30, 2011, 11:36 AM PST | By Christopher Mims
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Q&A: Ex-AdSense guru creates a social network with digital therapy sessions
What is the guy who helped create AdSense doing now? He’s building a social network that can help connect you with people you don’t know who want to help you or direct you to a digital...
November 30, 2011, 10:26 AM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Flexible robot wiggles through tight places
Introducing a new type of robot: a soft robot. Inspired by animals that don’t have a hard skeleton, the robot is made with soft lithography materials by the Harvard man who pioneered the...
November 30, 2011, 8:08 AM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Two million year old tartar will crack secret of “cave man” diet
Scientists finally have a way to obtain direct evidence of what our ancestors ate — which might tell us something about what we should eat today.
November 29, 2011, 11:41 AM PST | By Christopher Mims
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Video: Tech companies use Internet to fight controversial Hollywood copyright bill
Some of the biggest technology companies in Silicon Valley asked their users to oppose SOPA. The opponents of the bill claim it could censor the Internet and cripple chances of startups growing...
November 28, 2011, 1:15 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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$2.5B NASA rover takes off to look for life on Mars
NASA launched Curiosity on Saturday. The rover will search for evidence of life on the Red Planet using cameras, a robotic arm, a drill, and a laser to test rocks on Mars.
November 28, 2011, 11:36 AM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Bozeman mayor Jeff Krauss loves science, challenges creationism
I visited the Bozeman mayor at the Museum of the Rockies. Jeff Krauss talks about the importance of science for our economic future, why he is bothered by creationists, and his past as a blue...
November 27, 2011, 8:59 AM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Video: Recording the global fresh water crisis
Circle of Blue’s J. Carl Ganter spoke to me about the global water shortage and why he is traveling with top journalists and scientists to tell the most important story of the planet: the...
November 22, 2011, 9:03 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Q&A: Future of robotics is open source; raises ethical questions
Willow Garage’s Steve Cousins talked to me about how open source software is critical to the future of robotics. When asked about ethical issues associated with personal robotics, he...
November 21, 2011, 8:53 AM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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The Science of Food Porn
If Mason’s parody video of food commercials doesn’t make you hungry, you might not be a member of the human race.
November 18, 2011, 6:15 AM PST | By Christopher Mims