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.
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All Stories by Meghan Rosen
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Life
Cloning produces human embryonic stem cells
Fine-tuning of technique used in other animals could enable personalized medicine.
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Animals
The secret behind the alligator’s toothy smile
Dental stem cells enable the reptile to grow new teeth every year, researchers find.
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Life
Gut bacteria adapt to life in bladder
E. coli moving between systems may cause urinary tract infections.
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Humans
Europe is one big family
Continent's ancestry merges about 30 generations ago, genetic study finds
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Animals
Tongue bristles help bats lap up nectar
High-speed videos capture stretched-out tongue bumps that stretch out so nectar-feeding bats can slurp up their food.
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Health & Medicine
Brain measurements predict math progress with tutoring
The size and connections of a brain structure associated with memory formation predicted learning ability in 8- and 9-year-old children.
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Life
Signs of culture in whales and monkeys
Mammals learn feeding behaviors from their friends and family members.
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Life
Infants, whether mice or human, love to be carried
Being toted around calms and quiets babies of both species.
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Health & Medicine
Mental puzzles underlie music’s delight
MRI reveals brain’s processing, and its pleasure, when a person listens to an enjoyable new tune.
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Life
Molecule in meat may increase heart disease risk
Gut bacteria transform compound into artery hardener.