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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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Tech

    Machine trumps man in strategy game Go

    For the first time, a computer has beat a professional human player in the strategy game Go.

  7. Tech

    Machine triumphs in strategy game

    For the first time, a computer has beat a professional human player in the strategy game Go.

  8. 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.

  9. Health & Medicine

    Rapid spread of Zika virus in the Americas raises alarm

    After blazing through Brazil, a mosquito-borne virus called Zika, which may cause birth defects, is now poised to jump to the United States.

  10. Health & Medicine

    CDC issues travel guidelines for pregnant women

    Pregnant women should consider postponing travel to much of Latin America and the Caribbean.

  11. Health & Medicine

    New dietary guidelines emphasize big picture

    Americans’ new guidelines for healthy eating focus on subtle shifts to dietary habits.

  12. Genetics

    The Iceman tells a new tale: Infection with ulcer-causing bacteria

    Ötzi the Iceman was infected with a virulent strain of H. pylori. A new study is the first to piece together an ancient genome of these bacteria.