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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. Planetary Science

    Supervolcanoes once erupted on Mars

    Giant eruptions billions of years ago left behind huge craters

  2. Tech

    Vitamin stops static electricity

    Clearing out uncharged molecules may prevent charge buildup.

  3. Physics

    Notorious ‘Big G’ gets a little larger

    Gravitational constant is difficult to measure, but physicists calculate with new number.

  4. Science & Society

    The Nazi and the Psychiatrist

    Hermann Goring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII by Jack El-Hai.

  5. Health & Medicine

    Gut infections keep mice lean

    Bacteria can invade one rodent from another, preventing both from getting fat.

  6. Tech

    Stretchy, see-through material conducts electricity

    Simple new device could find use in loudspeakers, artificial muscles or soft robots.

  7. Life

    Natural antifreeze prevents frogsicles

    Sugar and other chemicals keep Alaskan frogs from freezing completely.

  8. Ecosystems

    Aging European forests full to the brim with carbon

    Trees' capacity to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is dwindling.

  9. Life

    To make biofuel, cut the lignin

    Researchers disable key protein making plant sugars easier to access.

  10. Materials Science

    Toylike blocks make lightweight, strong structures

    Bucking trend toward reducing numbers of parts, MIT engineers suggest building planes from thousands of identical pieces.

  11. Neuroscience

    The Autistic Brain

    Thinking Across the Spectrum by Temple Grandin and Richard Panek.

  12. Tech

    Bandage-like patch dissolves to deliver medicine to skin

    Flexible material gets drugs or vaccines into body painlessly.