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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.
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NASA scientist gets inspiration from a roll of tape
How one scientist took tape and tried to make an X-ray mirror.
July 30, 2012 3:00am |
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Writing in cursive with your eyes
Most people can't even write in cursive with their hands, but new technology is training those who have lost motor control to write with their eyes.
July 27, 2012 6:25am |
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Bypass breakthrough: blood vessels made from liposuction
Someday, blood vessels in bypass surgery may be made from stem cells obtained in liposuction.
1 | July 27, 2012 3:02am |
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Glasses provide live language translation
Say goodbye to the language barrier. New experimental glasses provide a subtitles in real time during your conversation.
3 | July 26, 2012 6:00am |
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Scientists invent non-stick gum
Sticky shoes and gum-dotted sidewalks might soon be a thing of the past thanks to non-sticky gum.
July 26, 2012 3:00am |
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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 6:01am |
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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.
3 | July 25, 2012 3:05am |
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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.
1 | July 23, 2012 7:40pm |
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Peering into the single cell
New genomic analysis allows scientists a new view of cell genetics.
July 23, 2012 11:00am |
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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 3:00am |
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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.
2 | July 22, 2012 7:28pm |
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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.
2 | July 20, 2012 12:00pm |
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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.
7 | July 17, 2012 10:52pm |
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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.
12 | July 17, 2012 4:00am |
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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.
3 | July 16, 2012 3:05am |
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A new blood treatment for Olympians, other star athletes
A new therapy for distressed joints and backs is drawing big-name athletes ... and raising questions because it remains unproven.
1 | July 12, 2012 7:46pm |
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Study shows sitting too much cuts years off your life
If you are a desk dweller or a couch potato, scientists have some news for you: Get up. It will add years onto your life.
18 | July 11, 2012 4:01am |
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Someday: Power your EV with a battery by Thomas Edison
An upgraded version of a battery designed by Thomas Edison could someday help power your electric vehicle.
2 | July 9, 2012 8:26pm |
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The future of cancer treatment: Whole genome sequencing?
The way we treat cancer is about to change: Genome sequencing may enable us to attack the very genes driving an individual's disease.
2 | July 8, 2012 7:00pm |
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CERN scientists find new subatomic particle; could be Higgs
In this century's biggest physics breakthrough, scientists discovered a subatomic particle that is likely the Higgs boson, first proposed 45 years ago.
4 | July 4, 2012 7:46am |