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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: 01-2012
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Study shows how swiftly infectious viruses evolve
When a virus can’t infect its target cell, how long does it take for it to evolve to successfully invade it again? A new study has a frightening answer.
January 31, 2012, 5:40 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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Video: Navigate a computer … with your eyeballs
Think the mouse, touchscreens and Siri give us all the computer help we need? Well, the responsiveness of our gadgets is about to jump to a whole new level.
January 29, 2012, 7:52 PM PST | By Laura Shin
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Wearing high heels alters one’s barefoot gait, study says
High heels … men love them, women love them, but our calf muscles? Not so much.
January 26, 2012, 8:09 PM PST | By Laura Shin
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Video: A robot that uses whiskers to get around
It’s not easy to train a robot to “see” like a human. But is there another way to accomplish that task? Enter the whiskered Shrewbot.
January 25, 2012, 9:12 PM PST | By Laura Shin
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First stem cell treatment in humans improves sight in the blind
The first embryonic stem cell treatment in humans shows promise for increasing vision in the blind, giving a boost to the controversial field.
January 25, 2012, 4:12 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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Japan earthquake and tsunami inspire disaster-fighting tools
From a floating pod called “Noah,” to an exoskeleton that walks for you, new Japanese inventions are cropping up to help in the event of another disaster.
January 22, 2012, 8:07 PM PST | By Laura Shin
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Roll your suitcase, charge your phone
Since our gadgets’ batteries die most often when we’re on the road, wouldn’t it be nice if all the running we did in airports could be put to some use?
January 20, 2012, 5:29 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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Exercise shown to stave off Alzheimer’s in high-risk subjects
When it comes to genetic diseases, a new study shows we have more control over our destinies than we think. What makes the difference is a daily jog or walk.
January 18, 2012, 6:41 PM PST | By Laura Shin
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Fatty foods cause brain scarring, study shows
A single high-fat meal can cause inflammation and scarring in the brain in mice and rats — and brain scans of humans show a fatty diet could do the same to us.
January 18, 2012, 5:15 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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Fast superbug test can identify staph infection within hours
Superbug test just got super fast.
January 16, 2012, 7:00 AM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson