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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: 06-2012
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Google brain simulator teaches itself to recognize cats
A neural network of 16,000 computers was let loose on YouTube images for three days. What did it learn by the end? How to recognize cats.
June 27, 2012, 5:29 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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New paternity test pinpoints father 8 weeks into pregnancy
The non-invasive procedure improves upon existing pre-birth paternity tests that carry a small risk of inducing a miscarriage.
June 25, 2012, 7:21 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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10-year-old cracks science puzzle and co-authors paper
A Swedish chemistry professor enlisted his son to help him solve a problem he’d puzzled over for eight years — after noticing how good the boy was at Sudoku.
June 15, 2012, 2:28 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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New Ebola treatment cures monkeys a day after infection
For Ebola, which has a 90% kill rate, treatment must be given within an hour of infection. A new antibody cocktail could boost the window to 24 hours.
June 15, 2012, 1:05 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Landmark microbiome study surprises and redefines health
Considering that our microbes outnumber our human cells ten to one, it was about time for the first major study of our microbiomes. The results were beyond what researchers had imagined.
June 14, 2012, 3:11 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Surgery for female genital mutilation restores sexual pleasure
A pioneering reconstructive surgery to treat female genital mutilation has shown success in easing pain and restoring sexual pleasure.
June 13, 2012, 2:38 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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New Zealand land designated largest Dark Sky Reserve
The International Dark-Sky Association is combating light pollution to keep stargazing from going the way of the dodo bird.
June 12, 2012, 3:28 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Badgers to the rescue
How technology used to track badgers could help save victims of natural disasters.
June 12, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Video: Automated lamb boning makes for accurate butchering
This is not one of those animal stories with cute photos. But if you’re interested in weird technologies that solve problems you didn’t know about, this is for you.
June 12, 2012, 2:30 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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A twist on tennis allows the blind to play
Find it hard enough to make contact with a tennis ball? Try doing it just based on the sound the ball makes when it hits the ground.
June 11, 2012, 4:14 AM PDT | By Laura Shin