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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

    To make biofuel, cut the lignin

    Researchers disable key protein making plant sugars easier to access.

  2. 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.

  3. Neuroscience

    The Autistic Brain

    Thinking Across the Spectrum by Temple Grandin and Richard Panek.

  4. Tech

    Bandage-like patch dissolves to deliver medicine to skin

    Flexible material gets drugs or vaccines into body painlessly.

  5. Animals

    Spider’s personality matters when job hunting

    Boldest individuals of social species tasked with seeking out prey.

  6. Neuroscience

    Camping resets internal clock

    After a week in the wild, people went to bed and got up earlier.

  7. Neuroscience

    The Anorexic Brain

    Neuroimaging improves understanding of eating disorder.

  8. Health & Medicine

    Gastric bypass surgery causes sugar-burning gut growth in rats

    The rapid improvement in symptoms of diabetes, seen in patients before weight loss begins, may be due to changes in part of the intestine.

  9. Animals

    Dolphins name themselves with a whistle

    The marine mammals respond only to their own handles.

  10. Life

    Stem cells made with just seven chemicals

    Chemical cocktail turns adult mouse cells into embryonic-like ones.

  11. Tech

    Sound waves put levitation on the move

    Technique transports nonmagnetic particles such as cells, water droplets and coffee grounds.

  12. Life

    Lab-grown liver raises hopes but draws criticism

    Though human cells spontaneously group into rudimentary organs, some scientists say work is very preliminary.