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Meghan Rosen

Senior Writer

Meghan Rosen is a senior 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. Her dissertation work involved studying mutated proteins in liver and kidney cancer. She 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. Tech

    Computer takes first game in match against Go world champion

    The computer program AlphaGo takes the lead in a five-match challenge of the strategy game Go.

  2. Health & Medicine

    Brazil study strengthens link between Zika virus, birth defects

    In a study of pregnant women in Brazil, nearly 30 percent of those infected with Zika virus had babies with fetal abnormalities.

  3. Health & Medicine

    Microcephaly: Building a case against Zika

    Zika virus is the prime suspect for Brazil’s recent surge in birth defects. New evidence in human cells strengthens the case, but more definitive proof could come this summer from Colombia, where thousands of pregnant women have been infected.

  4. Health & Medicine

    Scientists probe Zika’s link to neurological disorder

    The link between the Zika virus and Guillain-Barré syndrome is growing stronger.

  5. Health & Medicine

    There’s more than one way to quit smoking

    Three therapies to quit smoking are all about equally effective in the long term, a new study finds.

  6. Microbes

    Missing gut microbes linked to childhood malnutrition

    The right mix of gut microbes could prevent kids from succumbing to malnutrition.

  7. Health & Medicine

    Lead’s damage can last a lifetime, or longer

    Scientists have known for decades that lead is toxic to the brain, but the mark lead exposure leaves on children may actually stretch into adulthood, and perhaps even future generations.

  8. Health & Medicine

    Unknowns about Zika virus continue to frustrate

    As worry about the Zika virus outbreak continues to ratchet up, scientists are scrambling to understand what threats the virus poses and how to stop it from spreading.

  9. Microbes

    Microbe mix varies by kind of home

    Urban homes hold more human-associated bacteria compared with rural homes. Subdivided houses with lots of rooms and poor ventilation could be to blame.

  10. Tech

    ‘Rise of the Robots’ chronicles race to build disaster-relief bots

    NOVA’s “Rise of the Robots” lays out the difficulties of making humanoid robots that can help out in disasters.

  11. Health & Medicine

    WHO declares international emergency for cases linked to Zika virus

    The recent spate of birth defects and neurological disorders linked to Zika virus infection constitutes an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization declared February 1.

  12. Tech

    Tracking health is no sweat with new device

    New all-in-one electronic device can detect and analyze your temperature and four chemicals in your sweat.