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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: 07-2012
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Can YouTube cure vertigo?
Scientists measure the accuracy of YouTube vertigo treatment videos to find out the answer.
July 25, 2012, 6:01 AM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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First software simulation of an entire organism created
Scientists have created the first software simulation of an organism, spelling a future of computerized laboratories and computer-aided biological design.
July 25, 2012, 3:05 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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A sperm bank to restore the world’s corals
Corals, which provide food and jobs to millions, are threatened. A coral sperm bank may someday help us inject genetic diversity into a dwindling population.
July 23, 2012, 7:40 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Peering into the single cell
New genomic analysis allows scientists a new view of cell genetics.
July 23, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Reverse engineered jellyfish comes to life with electric pulse
Scientists turn silicon and rat cells into a pulsing jelly - an advance that could help them build hearts and test drugs in the future.
July 23, 2012, 3:00 AM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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Detecting Alzheimer’s in the way you walk
Five new studies show that a person’s gait can show whether he or she is on the road to dementia before it shows up.
July 22, 2012, 7:28 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Technology boosts Greek yogurt production, but angers traditionalists
Thickening agents make Greek yogurt faster and cheaper to produce, but they also make yogurt purists angry.
July 20, 2012, 12:00 PM PDT | By Rose Eveleth
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How epidemics begin with human actions in nature
A new field begins with a startling premise: infectious diseases such as AIDS, SARS and West Nile virus begin with human actions in the environment.
July 17, 2012, 10:52 PM PDT | By Laura Shin
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Study estimates Fukushima radiation-caused deaths, cancers
In the first study of Fukushima’s global health effects, researchers estimated the number of deaths and cancer cases caused by radiation from the disaster.
July 17, 2012, 4:00 AM PDT | By Laura Shin
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The key to cutting the maternal death rate by a third
A study concluded that the maternal death rate worldwide could be cut by about 30%, thereby saving the lives of 104,000 women.
July 16, 2012, 3:05 AM PDT | By Laura Shin