Staff Writer

Meghan Rosen

Staff Writer

Meghan Rosen reports on a variety of topics at Science News, from camouflaged robots to feathered dinosaurs and stretchy electronics. Meghan graduated from the Science Communication Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2012, after completing her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with an emphasis in biotechnology at UC Davis. At Davis, Meghan focused on figuring out how hormone-sensing proteins pitch into kidney and liver cancer. In addition to scientific publications, Meghan has written for the National Cancer Institute, ScienceNOW, Wired.com, and written and produced stories for KUSP, an NPR-affiliated public radio station in Santa Cruz.

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Giant zombie virus pulled from permafrost

After lying dormant in Siberian permafrost for 30,000 years, the largest virus ever discovered is just as deadly as it was when mammoths roamed the Earth.

3 days ago

Microbiology,
Microbes
Reviews & Previews

Me, Myself, and Why

Me, Myself, and Why is an ambitious effort to dissect the hodgepodge of genetic and environmental factors that sculpt people’s identities.

3 days ago

Neuroscience,
Psychology,
Genetics
News

Suicide rates drop in big cities

With more social connections, people may be less inclined to take their own lives.

1 week ago

Psychology,
Networks,
Anthropology
News

Urine test detects not pregnancy but cancer

A paper strip uses nanoparticles to pick up evidence of tumors or blood clots in mice.

2 weeks ago

Biomedicine,
Health,
Cancer
Science Visualized

A tiny ocean vortex, with pop art pizzazz

Coral polyps kick up a whirling vortex of water by whipping their hairlike cilia back and forth in the photography winner of the 2013 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.

2 weeks ago

Animals,
Science & Society
How Bizarre

Making artificial muscles with a spin

Scientists have given ordinary fishing line and sewing thread a new twist. When coiled into tight corkscrews, the fibers can lift loads more than 100 times as heavy as those hefted by human muscles.

2 weeks ago

Materials
News

Termite-inspired robots build structures without central command

Simple guidelines keep machines hauling and placing bricks.

3 weeks ago

Technology
News

Amazon doesn’t actually go green in dry seasons

An optical illusion in satellite data made forests appear to grow faster.

1 month ago

Ecosystems,
Climate,
Plants
News in Brief

Etched glass stops cracks in their tracks

Adding wavy lines to glass reduces the material’s notorious brittleness.

1 month ago

Materials
Feature

Life’s early traces

Tiny tufts, rolls and crinkles in 3.5-billion-year-old rocks add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that cellular life got a relatively quick start on Earth.

1 month ago

Earth,
Evolution