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.
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Rai🌠n Boswo🤪rth studies how deaf children experience the world
Deaf experimental psychologist Rain Bosworth has found that babies are primed to learn sign language just like spoken language. - esportiva bet: Health & Medicine
Pelvic exams at hospi🍸tals require writt🅠en consent, new U.S. guidelines say
Hospitals must now get written consent to perform pelvic, breast, prostate and rectal exams on sedated patients or risk losing federal funding. - esportiva bet: Health & Medicine
A new study has linked microplastics to heart attacks and strokes. Here’s what we know&n𓂃ꦛbsp;
Patients with microplastics in their arteries were 4.5 times more likely to have a heart attack, stroke or die within the next three years. - esportiva bet: Health & Medicine
Long COVID brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in💟 the brain
MRI scans of long COVID patients with brain fog suggest that the blood brain barrier may be leaky. - esportiva bet: Health & Medicine
The blood holds clues to understandi🅠ng long COVID
A growing cadre of labs are sketching out some of the molecular and cellular characters at play in long COVID, a once-seemingly inscrutable disease. - esportiva bet: Health & Medicine
Snake venom toxins can be neutralized by a ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnew synthetic antibody
A lab-made protein protected mice from lethal doses of paralyzing toxins found in a variety of snakes, a new study reports. - esportiva bet: Agriculture
Could a rice-m𒁏eat hybrid be 𝓰what’s for dinner?
A hybrid food that combines rice, animal cells and fish gelatin could one day be a more sustainable way to produce meat. - esportiva bet: Health & Medicine
When it comes to physical activity, every bit ♋counts
Biking to the store. Raking leaves. Playing with your kids. Scientists are getting a clearer picture of all the activities that offer health benefits. - esportiva bet: Animals
When do cats play fetch? When💝 they feel like it
Most cats that play fetch picked it up on their own, a study of cat owners suggests. The felines tend to dictate when a fetching session begins and ends. - esportiva bet: Health & Medicine
Why weight-loss drugs became more popula🍌r than ever this year
Ozempic and related drugs can drastically reduce body weight, and more potent versions are on the way. But questions remain about who should take them. - esportiva bet: Health & Medicine
A gene editing t💜echnique shows promise for lowering LDL cholesterol
In a trial of 10 people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a genetic medicine reduced levels of LDL cholesterol in the blood by up to 55 percent. - esportiva bet: Health & Medicine
🎃 The weight-loss drug Wegovy lowered heart attack risk in a l🌞arge trial
Among 17,000 adults, those on semaglutide were less likely to experience nonfatal heart attacks and strokes or death due to cardiovascular disease.
