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.

Forget Driverless Cars, These People Want to Make Driverless Cargo Ships

While drone ships aren’t around the corner, they’re probably coming soon enough to keep ship workers up at night

Scientists Figure Out Where Stonehenge Stones Came From, Still Don’t Know How They Got to Stonehenge

Scientists add two miles to the stone's 140 mile trip, but still don't know how they made it

See the Last 40 Years of Cell Phones in One Animation

While the next big iPhone announcement might not blow you away, we’ve come pretty far since 1974

Knife throwing: a place you want to be pretty accurate.

One Thing Humans Are Better Than Other Species At: Throwing

The next time you angrily throw something across the room, appreciate that you’re exercising a pretty unique human ability

American Men Are More Likely to Work From Home Than Women

While telecommuting is great, it’s not going to magically make the pressures on working moms go away

Athletes' Body Language Gives Away the Score

You can tell a whole lot about the score from the wrinkles on a forehead, the slouch of shoulders and the jittering of hands

Facial Hair Transplants Are Growing in Popularity

According to science, beards are more attractive. Good thing you can buy one at the doctor's office.

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This Incredible, Folding Design Could Change How Doors Work

It’s about time the door industry got a little more exciting

Artist Animates What It Feels Like to Take Melatonin

The viewer feels both the frustration of insomnia, and the pleasant lull of the melatonin

DJ put that record on, it's everybody's favorite song.

The World’s Most Sampled Song Is "Change the Beat" by Fab 5 Freddy

From Nine Inch Nails to Justin Bieber, nearly everybody has sampled this song

The original man cave.

Paris Is Adding Two More Women to the Pantheon (New Total: Three)

Since its construction, the mausoleum has been filled with 73 bodies. Only one of them is a woman.

Om nom nom.

Smart Business Plan: Selling Girl Scout Cookies by Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Somebody should get a “smart businesswoman” badge

Not a Lulhere beret.

The Last Beret Maker in France Is Struggling to Survive

French beret makers are facing a continuous drop in demand—plus cheaper imitations from China, India and the Czech Republic

Western Schizophrenia Tests Overdiagnose Immigrants

New research suggests that it’s not that immigrants have higher rates of schizophrenia, but rather that our tests for schizophrenia are biased

Nineteen States Allow Teachers to Spank Children

In 2006, 223,190 students were punished physically in public schools in the United States

The NFL Isn’t Happy with Michael Sam Being Gay, But Most Players Don’t Care

While the coaches, commentators and officials aren’t ready for Sam, the players he’d share the locker room with are

Park Place, Brooklyn after the 1888 blizzard.

It Wasn’t Always the City’s Job to Remove Snow

Even if everybody isn’t happy with the quality of snow removal, they should be pleased it's not their responsibility

Can you see me now?

To Avoid Deer Strikes, Finland Is Painting Deer Antlers With Reflective Paint

Attempts to keep motorists from hitting animals usually center around making cars and roads safer, but the Finns are heading straight to the source

All the dead trees.

A Pro-Paper Lobby Is Fighting Against Digitization

In the last five years, demand for paper has dropped five percent each year

Thor und die Midgardsschlange. A scene from Ragnarök, the final battle between Thor and Jörmungandr.

The Vikings' Apocalypse Is Coming Up

According to old Norse mythology, we’re 100 days into the end of the world

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