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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

    Jet from Milky Way’s giant black hole shows itself

  2. Life

    Blood clotting disorder blocked in dogs

    Gene therapy stopped severe bleeding in dogs with the blood clotting disorder hemophilia.

  3. Health & Medicine

    Cage temps change tumor growth in mice

    Cooler living conditions may influence lab mice's responses to experimental cancer therapies that target the immune system.

  4. Climate

    Arctic algae crusts preserve climate data

    The records show that sea-ice cover has been declining since 1850.

  5. Planetary Science

    MAVEN spacecraft blasts off to Mars

    In September 2014, the satellite will begin studying the Red Planet's upper atmosphere.

  6. Humans

    Humans’ music and genes may have evolved together

    Music may be a tool scientists can use to trace human migrations.

  7. Health & Medicine

    Nicotine withdrawal linked to specific brain cells in mice

    A group of cells within one brain region may control the physical symptoms that plague people trying to kick their cigarette addiction.

  8. Astronomy

    Black hole spurts jets of iron and nickel

    New observations show that the jets of black hole 4U 1630-47 carry massive particles such as iron and nickel atoms instead of the typical low-mass particles such as electrons.

  9. Animals

    Gassed snails can’t jump

    When exposed to high levels of carbon dioxide, some snails move like slugs and others don’t jump at all.

  10. Neuroscience

    Mold chemical linked to movement disorder

    Fruit flies’ brains and human cells show Parkinson’s-like changes when exposed to fungi toxin.

  11. Microbes

    Gut bacteria can drive colon cancer development

    Gut microbes may reveal who is at risk for colon cancer, a study in mice suggests.

  12. Astronomy

    Moon’s craters remeasured

    Large craters cover more of the moon’s surface on its nearside than its farside, according to new maps from NASA’s GRAIL spacecrafts.