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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. Life

    Gia Voeltz: Redrawing the cell’s floor plan

    Cell biologist Gia Voeltz has changed our view of the endoplasmic reticulum.

  2. Particle Physics

    Map captures Earth’s antineutrino glow

    Tiny subatomic particles called antineutrinos stream away from Earth at different concentrations across the globe, a new map illustrates.

  3. Health & Medicine

    Study finds benefits from lowering blood pressure, but questions remain

    Preliminary results from NIH clinical trial suggest that lower blood pressure is better, but scientists have not yet published the data and open questions remain.

  4. Health & Medicine

    Clinical trial suggests new blood pressure standard

    Preliminary results from a clinical trial suggest lower blood pressure targets could reduce rates of cardiovascular diseasae.

  5. Life

    Humans adjust walking style for energy efficiency

    Humans can adjust their steps to walk in a way that uses the least amount of energy.

  6. Paleontology

    Earliest sea scorpion discovered in Iowa

    Earliest sea scorpion discovered in impact crater in Iowa.

  7. Health & Medicine

    How farm life can prevent allergies

    Farm dust prevents allergies by turning on an anti-inflammatory enzyme in the cells lining mice’s lungs.

  8. Health & Medicine

    Microbes make the meal, new diet book proposes

    Researcher Tim Spector skewers conventional thinking about weight loss in ‘The Diet Myth’

  9. Chemistry

    Wanted: Crime-solving bacteria and body odor

    Forensic investigators are moving past old-school sleuthing to analyze microbes and odors that tell a more complete story, while pursuing ways to enhance traditional tools as well.

  10. Animals

    Twin pandas look forward to growth spurts

    The surviving panda twin born at the National Zoo last weekend will undergo DNA tests to discover paternity.

  11. Health & Medicine

    Five reasons to not totally panic about ticks and Lyme disease

    We’ve been trained to panic about tick bites and Lyme disease. There are risks to both — and here are some key facts.

  12. Science & Society

    Contentious science topics on Wikipedia subject to editing mischief

    Global warming and other politically charged issues are prime targets for sabotage on Wikipedia.