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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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New evidence that flushing your toilet with the lid up is a public health hazard
A study of lid-less toilets in hospitals confirms that toilets are little volcanoes of bacteria.
December 29, 2011, 1:38 PM PST | By Christopher Mims
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Bizarre-looking Japanese EV is most aerodynamic production vehicle ever
The SIM-LEI all-electric vehicle will have twice the range of a Nissan Leaf
December 29, 2011, 1:10 PM PST | By Christopher Mims
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Why are Americans spending $1000 a month to sit in traffic?
Cars make us obese, depressed and divorced, so why don’t we realize that they often cost even more than moving to a walkable neighborhood?
December 27, 2011, 9:30 AM PST | By Christopher Mims
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Video: Electricity revives near-dead Indonesian corals
Coral reefs, which are suffering from warmer than usual water and cyanide fishing, are being revived with the help of metallic cages running with a weak, harmless electric current.
December 27, 2011, 4:45 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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Computer industry tool used to engineer synthetic life
By using computer tools, scientists have figured out a reliable way to engineer the next generation of biofuels, biodegradable plastics, and drugs. Enter a more sustainable future…
December 26, 2011, 4:03 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Synthetic molecules to treat Crohn’s and rheumatoid arthritis
Scientists have figured out how to treat treat autoimmune diseases in mice. Researchers at Weizmann Institute have created a synthetic molecule that can treat the inflammatory condition and put a...
December 26, 2011, 2:00 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Apple patents spell fuel-cell-powered laptops, smartphones
As if its gadgets weren’t popular enough already. Apple has submitted patents that would enable its portable devices to go weeks without recharging.
December 26, 2011, 7:50 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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The future of the password could be biometric
In 2012, the password could go the way of the dodo. Soon, devices will instead know you by your retina, your typing gestures, your voice and other biometric information.
December 26, 2011, 5:19 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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With $2 million in funding, Scanadu will turn your smartphone into a medical tricorder
Who knew? Your smartphone may soon be your pocket doctor.
December 25, 2011, 10:06 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Q&A: Neutrogena Naturals server uses 1/3 power of traditional one
When beauty products go green, this is what you get: a green server.
December 25, 2011, 8:28 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson