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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: 03-2012
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An innovation we can all cheer: the pain-free needle
File this under “Why didn’t someone think of this before?” A new needle makes all injections pain-free.
March 30, 2012, 4:42 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Your brain wiring is like a city, says neuroscience
Mapping the brain’s connections reveals a city grid like arrangement.
March 29, 2012, 5:10 PM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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New weapon in successful heart transplants: opera
A study in mice with heart transplants showed that those who listened to opera survived twice as long as those who listened to pop music.
March 29, 2012, 3:45 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Hallelujah! Chocolate makes you thinner
A new study shows regular chocolate eaters weigh less than those who eat it less frequently. In fact, the more they eat, the skinnier they are.
March 28, 2012, 3:50 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Forget me not: scientists trigger mice’s memories with light
Scientists have discovered a way to send mice down memory lane by shining a light into their brains.
March 27, 2012, 6:57 PM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Listening to cockroach legs? There’s an app for that
A new open source project has kids learning about neuroscience with a few electrodes and their smart phones.
March 27, 2012, 6:39 AM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Video: First footage from James Cameron’s dive to the deep
This National Geographic video shows the first footage from James Cameron’s historic solo dive to the deepest spot on Earth.
March 26, 2012, 6:14 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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James Cameron on his dive: ‘culmination of a lifelong dream’
James Cameron describes the mixture of exhilaration, discomfort and feelings of isolation and awe he experienced on his historic solo dive to the deepest part of Earth.
March 26, 2012, 5:39 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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James Cameron reaches ocean’s deepest point
Filmmaker James Cameron became the first person to make a solo dive to the deepest part of the ocean, reaching the bottom near 6pm Eastern Time.
March 25, 2012, 3:51 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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$300 million to find out how the human brain perceives
The Allen Institute for Brain Science announced a $300 million initiative to understand human perception, decision-making and brain disorders.
March 23, 2012, 5:23 AM PDT | By Laura Shin