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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News in Brief

Mountains on Saturn moon may have come from space

A mountainous ridge around the equator of Iapetus, one of Saturn’s moons, may have formed from cosmic debris.

2 days ago

Planetary Science,
Astronomy
News

Reef fish act drunk in carbon dioxide–rich ocean waters

In first test in the wild, fish near reefs that bubble with CO2 lose fear of predators’ scent.

1 week ago

Climate,
Oceans,
Animals
News in Brief

App could cut jet lag short

A new app calculates lighting schedules to help travelers adjust quickly to new time zones.

2 weeks ago

Computing,
Health
How Bizarre

Soft robots go swimming

A new robotic fish can wiggle and writhe like the real thing.

2 weeks ago

Technology,
Animals
News

Neandertal legacy written in Europeans’ fat metabolism

DNA inherited from Neandertal interbreeding may have helped people adjust to Europe’s environment.

3 weeks ago

Genetics,
Ancestry,
Human Evolution
News in Brief

Twenty-two emotions are written on our faces

People’s faces express at least 22 feelings – far more than the six emotions scientists previously recognized.

3 weeks ago

Psychology,
Neuroscience
News

Former baseball players have big, strong bones in old age

Decades later, health benefits of exercise persist in male athletes’ bones.

1 month ago

Human Development
News in Brief

Fossil fern showcases ancient chromosomes

Fossil nuclei and chromosomes seen in a 180-million-year-old fern reveals that the plants have stayed mostly the same.

1 month ago

Plants,
Evolution,
Paleontology
News

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.

1 month ago

Microbiology
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.

1 month ago

Neuroscience,
Psychology,
Genetics