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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. Planetary Science

    Philae lander touches down on comet 67P

    Rosetta’s lander Philae has reached the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and is starting to do science.

  2. Astronomy

    Philae lander is in free fall toward comet 67P

    The Rosetta spacecraft has nudged its lander Philae off its back toward the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

  3. Planetary Science

    Philae passes first go-no-go tests for comet landing

    Philae and its mothership Rosetta are working through the final tests before scientists attempt to launch the lander toward the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

  4. Astronomy

    Rosetta’s countdown to comet landing has begun

    Everything is on track for Rosetta mission scientists to attempt to set the Philae lander on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

  5. Planetary Science

    Rosetta prepares to let go of its comet lander

    To date, everything is a go for scientists to attempt to land a robotic probe on a comet.

  6. Genetics

    DNA from 37,000-year-old human hints at early European history

    DNA from a roughly 37,000-year-old Homo sapiens skeleton supports recent findings about when ancient humans and Neandertals interbred.

  7. Tech

    ‘Micro-scallop’ takes a stroke toward swimming in blood

    A tiny device that looks like a scallop flaps its way through viscous fluids, something that has been a challenge in the past.

  8. Life

    Ebola virus edits its own genetic material

    Both the Ebola and Marburg viruses edit their genetic material when infecting cells. The viruses may make proteins currently unknown to scientists.

  9. Neuroscience

    Scratching releases serotonin, making you itch more

    Scratching an itch releases serotonin in the brain, which can eventually make the itch sensation worse, a new study shows.

  10. Life

    A little good news for giant tortoises in the Galapagos

    The giant tortoise population on the Galapagos island of Española is on the rebound, but there are still concerns about other markers of conserving the endangered species.

  11. Microbes

    Frozen caribou feces offers look at virus evolution

    Genetic material extracted from caribou poop gives hints about how viruses evolve.

  12. Life

    Cells make their move with their ‘skeletons’

    A close look at exactly what makes cells move could lead to better defenses against the spread of cancer and improved wound healing.