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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.
Rose Eveleth
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Archive: 01-2012
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Limiting climate change improves human and agricultural production
Limiting black carbon could really help climate change.
January 15, 2012, 9:29 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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A new lab studies what it is like to be an avatar
We may soon have avatars.
January 15, 2012, 6:24 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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App sends Mars Rover images to your smartphone
Get Mars sent to your smartphone.
January 15, 2012, 5:37 PM PST | By Boonsri Dickinson
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Super-fast quantum computers are here! Sort of.
Details emerge about the inner workings of a 512 qubit quantum computer that no one’s ever seen and that critics say might not even be the real deal. But if it is…
January 13, 2012, 6:30 AM PST | By Christopher Mims
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Jobs report reveals engineering, science are only safe careers of the future
As innovation accelerates, automation and its masters are feeding off the corpse of the old world at an unprecedented pace.
January 13, 2012, 6:05 AM PST | By Christopher Mims
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The missing link between exercise and health
Researchers discovered a new exercise-induced hormone that explains how physical activity cuts bad fat, boost good fat and helps prevent diabetes.
January 13, 2012, 5:11 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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Galaxy has at least 100 billion planets, says new estimate
Three new astronomical findings this week are upending the conventional view of the cosmos: Planets (and planets that orbit two stars) are more common than we think.
January 12, 2012, 5:23 AM PST | By Laura Shin
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Will defense budget cuts hurt science and innovation?
The Internet. Jet engines. Satellite navigation. We could see fewer of these kinds of innovations with the coming shrinkage of the military budget.
January 11, 2012, 6:54 PM PST | By Laura Shin
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Coming soon: $1,000 to map your genes
Life Technologies aims to launch, by year’s end, a machine that will map your whole genome for $1,000. Cue the revolution in medical prevention and treatment.
January 10, 2012, 9:11 PM PST | By Laura Shin
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Chinese medical school teaches genetics using Harry Potter
A genetics lecturer in China is getting students in her door by teaching genetics through the lens of the Harry Potter characters and plot lines.
January 10, 2012, 4:06 AM PST | By Laura Shin