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Anna Rothschild
Anna Rothschild
Anna Rothschild is a producer and science writer from New York City. After graduating from Brown University with a degree in biology, she worked as a scientist at the American Museum of Natural History where she cloned humpback whale genes into bacteria, lassoed lizards in Floridian forests, and detected fraud in the caviar trade. Now, she reports on everything from life science, to space, to urban legends.
Anna Rothschild • August 31, 2010
Ancient DNA holds the key to some of history’s mysterious migrations
Anna Rothschild • July 8, 2010
Could this South Korean urban legend be real?
Anna Rothschild • May 26, 2010
Male Asian corn borer moths mimic predatory bats to mate with females
Anna Rothschild • April 23, 2010
New laws aimed at increasing the quality of life for New York City's horses threaten the future of Brooklyn's last stable.
Anna Rothschild • March 10, 2010
Genetic evidence shows environment, not humans, killed off Arctic beasts
Anna Rothschild • February 19, 2010
Astrometry.net matches images of the sky to their celestial coordinates, turning anyone into an astronomer
Anna Rothschild • February 11, 2010
Recent research on slime molds shows that they can make complex decisions about nutrition
Anna Rothschild • January 25, 2010
Wearing this rodent on the runway could save Louisiana’s wetlands
Anna Rothschild • January 25, 2010
If other planets like Earth exist, they are light-years away, but that doesn’t stop scientists from looking
Anna Rothschild • October 29, 2009
Two newly discovered proteins in spider webs could one day be used in a natural adhesive