Rose Eveleth

Rose Eveleth

 

Rose Eveleth was a writer for Smart News and a producer/designer/ science writer/ animator based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, Story Collider, TED-Ed and OnEarth.

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You Can’t Blow Somebody’s Brain Up With Sound

The sounds of nails on a chalkboard, the sound of someone vomiting, the sound of a baby screaming - all pretty unpleasant sounds. But not so unpleasant that you might, say, die

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We Can Only Process Thirty Smells at a Time

If we had the technology, I would be blowing smells at you right now. But if I were to try and combine more than thirty, you wouldn't be able to tell the smells apart

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The Many Uses for Gigantic Balloons

Balloons have far more uses than just party favors

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These Communities Decided Not To Rebuild After Disaster

It seems that despite always asking the question, the answer is always the same: rebuild. Except in these cases - when entire communities just pick up and leave

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What Studying Einstein’s Brain Can And Can’t Tell Us

New pictures are giving scientists a better idea of just what made Einstein's brain so unique - but there's only so much photographs of a lump of tissue can tell us

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Tycho Brahe Probably Wasn’t Murdered, But These People Were

Here are some quite odd cases in which the people were probably murdered

The IDF’s Flickr page is full of images of their generals and tanks.

Israel and Gaza Are Now at War Both Online and in Reality

On the ground and online, the battle between Israel and Gaza are escalating quickly

Is Your Syndrome Named After a Nazi?

Many are probably unaware that their condition has a Nazi's name attached to it

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The Physics of Flocking

There are a few things that people can watch forever - fire, water, and herds of animals moving

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What Will Convince People That Genetically Modified Foods Are Okay?

In California, a loss for labeling GM foods has both sides wondering when people wil stop shouting and start thinking

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Twenty Seasons of Law And Order by the Numbers

There are 456 episodes of Law and Order, and for the past two years Overthinking It has been crowdsourcing a list of how each one ended.

Have Bedbugs Been Vanquished At Last?

Bedbugs have terrorized cities long enough, and now a human drug might stop them in their tracks

Since cloning won’t work, maybe we can dress up cats and just pretend.

Endangered Or Extinct Animals Won’t Be Saved By Cloning

Cloning might seem like a panacea solution. Take one animal and make millions! But it's not that simple

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The Last Letters From Scott’s South Pole Team Are Heart Breaking

To mark the 100 year anniversary of their deaths, the letters of Scott's team have been published in a book

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These Scientists Want The Election To Go On Even Longer

If these computer scientists have their dastardly way, the election season will be extended by a whole week - all for voting

Identical Twins Aren’t So Identical – Which Makes Twin Studies Harder

As twins grow and develop, each will acquire his or her own set of mutations - which could throw a wrench into twin studies

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Watch Five Years of the Sun’s Explosions

A camera on the Hinode spacecraft has recorded the sun's X-rays for five years

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The Science Behind These Amazing Photographs of the Human Eye

What makes our eye look like a desert landscape?

Celebrating Carl Sagan’s Birthday With the Best Tributes Around

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Mine-Hunting Humans And Dolphins To Be Replaced by Robots

Just like human jobs, mine-sniffing dolphins are being replaced by robots

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