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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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Rose Eveleth
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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.
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Archive: 11-2011
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We’ll replace Facebook with Shrek, says Dreamworks CEO
Is Dreamworks head Jeffrey Katzenberg serious when he says that on the web, 3D animation will replace the written word?
November 17, 2011, 5:10 AM PST | By Christopher Mims
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Internet Censorship: Bill may kill American innovation, jobs
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing today for the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill aimed at fighting online piracy. Tech companies expressed their opposition to the bill. I interviewed an...
November 16, 2011, 4:32 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Fecal transplants hold promise, but face regulatory hurdles
Fecal transplants sound gross, but they are one of the most promising cures for a growing and serious health problem.
November 15, 2011, 6:00 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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Video: Control objects with your mind
The BodyWave, an iPod-sized device, can read your mind through the body instead of monitoring directly from your head. The gadget measures brain activity to control 3D simulations on the computer...
November 14, 2011, 12:33 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Q&A: Cake Health organizes your medical bills
Cake Health is like Mint.com for your health bills. I interviewed Cake Health’s co-founder Rebecca Woodcock at the Rock Health demo day.
November 14, 2011, 7:15 AM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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First transfusion of lab-grown human blood succeeds
For the first time, scientists have grown human blood in the lab and then successfully transfused it into a volunteer.
November 13, 2011, 11:48 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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Instant-on computers a little closer to reality
A new breakthrough in the lab could hasten the development of computers that power on instantly, making the phrase “waiting for my computer to boot up” a thing of the past.
November 12, 2011, 9:11 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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Cute video of kids DIYing their own penny battery
A field trip to The Exploratorium turns into a little film project for a Silicon Valley investor’s kids. They recorded the battery experiment with an iPad, edited the footage in iMovie, and...
November 11, 2011, 10:07 AM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Climate change: $14B in health costs
Health costs associated with climate change are: $14 billion dollars, 21,000 emergency room visits, 1,700 deaths, and 9,000 hospitalizations. In the first study to look at the health care costs of...
November 11, 2011, 6:56 AM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Computers beat humans when predicting breast cancer survival
Using machine learning, Stanford researchers taught computers to sniff out breast cancer better than doctors. The computer pathologist can analyze images of cancerous tissues.
November 11, 2011, 4:00 AM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson