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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
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: 04-2012
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London prepares to monitor Olympic pollution
When 11 million people show up in London, their pollution will be tracked as closely as their athletes.
April 30, 2012, 6:11 PM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Computers get more accurate answers on STI risk surveys
Using computer questionnaires, doctors get more accurate pictures of who needs to be tested for sexually transmitted infections.
April 30, 2012, 5:48 PM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Will science ever find the female G-spot?
We’ve cured polio, gone to the moon and cloned sheep. But what kind of research innovations will it take to find the G-spot?
April 25, 2012, 2:50 PM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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U get vn8td? Text messages help remind parents to vaccinate their kids
Using cell phones to remind people about the flu vaccine could increase the vaccination level in low income communities.
April 24, 2012, 8:14 PM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Brain freeze found: scientists uncover the cause of ice-cream induced pain
Using brain imaging, research roots out the cause of brain freeze.
April 22, 2012, 3:43 PM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Deep impact: football helmet sensors reveal how hard high-schoolers hit each other
Measuring the impacts of tackles could help scientists design better, safer helmets.
April 19, 2012, 8:28 AM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Perceptive programming: software can tell which movie lines are memorable
Looking at lines from over 1,000 movies, computer programmers are cracking what makes us repeat a movie line over and over (and over) again.
April 18, 2012, 12:51 PM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Tattoos and piercings correlate with drinking habits
French bar-goers who drink more, tend to have more tattoos and body piercings, according to a recent study.
April 16, 2012, 8:53 AM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Penguins from space: how scientists are using satellites to count birds
Using images from satellites, scientists are getting a much better picture of just how many emperor penguins there are out there on the ice.
April 13, 2012, 4:32 PM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Scientific sunblock: new sunglasses use pixels to block the sun
Staring into the sun just got a whole lot easier thanks to sunglasses that detect glare and darken parts of the glass in response.
April 12, 2012, 4:01 PM PDT | By Rose Eveleth