Rachel Ehrenberg

Previously the interdisciplinary sciences and chemistry reporter and author of the Culture Beaker blog, Rachel has written about new explosives, the perils and promise of 3-D printing and how to detect corruption in networks of email correspondence. Rachel was a 2013-2014 Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT. She has degrees in botany and political science from the University of Vermont and a master’s in evolutionary biology from the University of Michigan. She graduated from the science writing program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

All Stories by Rachel Ehrenberg

  1. Health & Medicine

    Shark cartilage doesn’t appear to help lung cancer

    Patients taking an extract show no improvement.

  2. Humans

    Chaos makes a scream seem real

    Researchers analyze movie sound tracks to identify the acoustic roots of fear.

  3. Animals

    Cads of the savanna

    Male topi antelopes lie about predators to keep the ladies nearby.

  4. Animals

    Fight or flee, it’s in the pee

    Researchers get a better understanding of how mice smell a rat, or a cat, and maybe even a snake.

  5. Life

    Eureka, brain makes real mental leaps

    Studies of rats reveal neuron activity changes en masse during aha moments.

  6. Chemistry

    Decon Green can clean up the most toxic messes, developers claim

    A new decontaminant could be a more benign alternative for cleaning up after chemical and biological accidents.

  7. Physics

    Army takes gun acoustics beyond ‘bang’

    Dissecting the sound of weapon fire may give soldiers an edge.

  8. Materials Science

    Infection, kill thyself

    Scientists devise wound dressings that trick bacteria into suicide.

  9. Humans

    Wha’dja say?

    Casual speakers drop syllables and even whole words, eavesdropping scientists report.

  10. Chemistry

    From movies you’ll love to drugs you’ll take

    A new method picks out promising drug compounds by computer, in much the same way Netflix recommends DVDs to its customers.

  11. Math

    Hiding patients in plain sight

    A new technique could help make medical records available to researchers without compromising privacy.

  12. Chemistry

    American Chemical Society meeting highlights

    Read Science News reporters' complete coverage of the recent chemistry conference.