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Ashley Yeager

Associate News Editor

Ashley Yeager is the associate news editor at Science News. Previously, she worked at The Scientist, where she was an associate editor for nearly three years. She has also worked as a freelance editor and writer, and as a writer at the Simons Foundation, Duke University and the W.M. Keck Observatory. She was the web producer for Science News from 2013 to 2015, and was an intern at the magazine in the summer of 2008. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a master’s degree in science writing from MIT. Her book, Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter and Beyond, on the life of astronomer Vera Rubin, will be published by MIT Press in August.

All Stories by Ashley Yeager

  1. Astronomy

    Strange six-tailed asteroid makes a scene

    In September, scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to image the object and were shocked to see its cometlike appearance.

  2. Life

    Gene makes old cells act young again

    Turning on a gene called Lin28a in old, damaged tissue may help the cells heal quicker.

  3. Health & Medicine

    More evidence that bilingualism delays dementia

    Speaking a second language could keep the brain sharp longer, even among people who can't read, a new study suggests.

  4. Neuroscience

    Monkeys control two arms in virtual reality

    A new brain-computer interface has enabled movement of two virtual limbs at the same time.

  5. Microbes

    Bacteria starved in space grow better

    Given limited resources microbes in microgravity make more new cells than their counterparts on Earth.

  6. Animals

    ‘Bearded ladies’ are less sexy to male lizards

    Females with masculine neck marks are passed over as mates.

  7. Health & Medicine

    Knee ligament gets a closer look

    Surgeons have done a detailed study of a band of fibrous tissue along the front side of the joint.

  8. Life

    Ice crystals form along cells’ seamlike structures

    A detailed view of how ice forms among cells could lead to better tissue preservation.

  9. Paleontology

    Giant platypus tooth found

    A fossil molar found in Australia reveals a previously unknown extinct species of the mammal.

  10. Materials Science

    Ice aided construction of Forbidden City

    Workers slid heavy stone using liquid and frozen water to move it forward.

  11. Astronomy

    Giant loner could shift idea of star formation

    Observations of WR 102ka suggest it could have been born without any gaseous companions.

  12. Climate

    Tiny shells hint at hidden ocean warming

    Pacific waters are heating up 15 times faster than in earlier eras.