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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: 12-2011
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Responding to censorship, hackers plan to send their own satellites into space
The plan is to launch hacker satellites into space.
December 31, 2011, 6:54 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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‘It is not desktop publishing, it is desktop biofabbing’
This is important for the kinds of tests needed for malaria and pregnancy.
December 31, 2011, 4:31 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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An inside look at how autism affects romantic relationships
It’s a touching story worth sharing.
December 31, 2011, 3:13 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Need another reason to diet? It’s good for your brain.
A good diet might keep Alzheimer’s away.
December 31, 2011, 2:26 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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China ramps up space exploration as U.S. program shrinks
On Thursday, China unveiled a five-year plan for its space exploration program that includes putting laboratories in space, building space stations and collecting samples from the moon.
December 31, 2011, 9:32 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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2012: First trade war over climate change
On January 1, 2012, something unprecedented will happen: The first global carbon tax will go into effect. It will affect only airlines that fly in and out of Europe, but since that’s pretty...
December 31, 2011, 5:00 AM PST | By Christopher Mims
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Getting closer and closer to finding an Earth-like planet
This year marked the discoveries of several planets that resemble Earth in various ways, bringing us ever closer to finding a truly Earth-like planet.
December 31, 2011, 3:32 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to make trip to Mars as cheap as a house
Elon musk says the ‘business model for Mars’ is making colonization costs ridiculously low
December 30, 2011, 1:33 PM PST | By Christopher Mims
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Birds point the way to casual sex app for humans
A so-crazy-it-just-might work proposal from GOOD editor Ann Friedman resembles lekking in birds
December 30, 2011, 11:42 AM PST | By Christopher Mims
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Heavier drivers canceling out increased fuel efficiency
The only spare tire in the Chevrolet Cruze Eco is in the passenger compartment
December 29, 2011, 4:41 PM PST | By Christopher Mims