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Meghan Rosen

Staff Writer, Biological Sciences

Meghan Rosen is a staff writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology with an emphasis in biotechnology from the University of California, Davis, and later graduated from the science communication program at UC Santa Cruz. Prior to joining Science News in 2022, she was a media relations manager at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Her work has appeared in Wired, Science, and The Washington Post, among other outlets. Once for McSweeney’s, she wrote about her kids’ habit of handing her trash, a story that still makes her (and them) laugh.

All Stories by Meghan Rosen

  1. Animals

    Spider’s personality matters when job hunting

    Boldest individuals of social species tasked with seeking out prey.

  2. Neuroscience

    Camping resets internal clock

    After a week in the wild, people went to bed and got up earlier.

  3. Neuroscience

    The Anorexic Brain

    Neuroimaging improves understanding of eating disorder.

  4. Health & Medicine

    Gastric bypass surgery causes sugar-burning gut growth in rats

    The rapid improvement in symptoms of diabetes, seen in patients before weight loss begins, may be due to changes in part of the intestine.

  5. Animals

    Dolphins name themselves with a whistle

    The marine mammals respond only to their own handles.

  6. Life

    Stem cells made with just seven chemicals

    Chemical cocktail turns adult mouse cells into embryonic-like ones.

  7. Tech

    Sound waves put levitation on the move

    Technique transports nonmagnetic particles such as cells, water droplets and coffee grounds.

  8. Life

    Lab-grown liver raises hopes but draws criticism

    Though human cells spontaneously group into rudimentary organs, some scientists say work is very preliminary.

  9. Health & Medicine

    A wobble of the noggin reveals the workings of the heart

    Pulse can be measured by examining a video of subtle head motions.

  10. Health & Medicine

    Paralyzed rats relearn to pee

    Bladder control restored for the first time in animals with stark spinal cord damage.

  11. Health & Medicine

    Human brain mapped in 3-D with high resolution

    “BigBrain” model, the most detailed atlas yet, could improve brain scanning tools and neurosurgeons’ navigation.

  12. Science & Society

    Chimps in captivity may soon join endangered species list

    Proposal would extend protections to both wild and captive primate populations.