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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. Earth

    Green lightning may be caused by positive charges, or by camera lens

    Physicist offers possible explanations for stunning photograph of volcanic eruption.

  2. Climate

    Coldest place moves from one Antarctic site to another

    New record low measured by satellite.

  3. Ecosystems

    Online map tracks forest shifts from space

    By layering more than 650,000 satellite images onto a Google map, researchers have created a new tool to track forest cover.

  4. Planetary Science

    Moon wears dusty cloak

    Old data from Apollo missions stir up debate about speed of lunar dust accumulation.

  5. Chemistry

    How butterflies stay dry

    Slightly bumpy surfaces reduce water drops’ contact time.

  6. Life

    Immune system follows circadian clock

    Mice with jet lag have boosted supply of cells linked to inflammation.

  7. Earth

    Wet terrain responsible for Iceland’s hollow lava towers

    Normally found underwater, the rocky structures form on land too.

  8. Neuroscience

    Mind to motion

    Brain-computer interfaces promise new freedom for the paralyzed and immobile.

  9. Life

    Scorpion venom kills pain in mice

    Toxin works with nerve proteins to block distress signals’ journey to brain.

  10. Animals

    Dogs pick up robots’ social cues

    Dogs were more likely to pay attention to a PeopleBot robot — a machine with a laptop head and Mickey Mouse–style hands — after watching it walk, talk and shake hands with humans.

  11. Astronomy

    Water seen in rubble around star

    Hubble sees debris that was part of an asteroid with the ingredients for habitable planets.

  12. Animals

    Legless geckos slither using skin ridges

    The animal's belly has flat rows of ripples that may help them wriggle.