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Valerie Ross
Valerie Ross
Valerie Ross studied cognitive neuroscience and creative writing at Stanford University. While it was her fascination with understanding and explaining the mind and brain that first got her interested in science writing, Valerie has now written about everything from the neuroscience of memory to drug-resistant bacteria to general relativity. She has interned with Scientific American Mind, Discover, and Popular Mechanics.
Valerie Ross • November 18, 2010
New studies help explain why, despite having more experience, senior citizens often make unprofitable financial choices
Valerie Ross • October 20, 2010
According to Einstein's theory of relativity, air travel and time travel are intertwined.
Valerie Ross • July 16, 2010
Pharmaceutical research is taking to the high seas
Valerie Ross • March 31, 2010
Mother crickets forewarn offspring of predators before they hatch
Valerie Ross • March 16, 2010
The presence of green goods makes people kinder, but purchasing them gives people license to behave badly.
Valerie Ross • February 23, 2010
Scientists are using seismic data to track changes in hurricane patterns
Valerie Ross • February 14, 2010
A new pilot study suggests that pacemakers can be safely reused
Valerie Ross • February 1, 2010
We all do it, one time or another. You blow your nose for what must be the hundredth time that day. Before you throw out the tissue, you take a […]
Valerie Ross • January 29, 2010
Research suggests we remember better when we’re in survival mode
Valerie Ross • December 30, 2009
Scientists say no, but U.K. pilot program gathers data anyway
Valerie Ross • November 16, 2009
Your brain may remember something, even when you can’t
Valerie Ross • October 4, 2009
Smoking bans reduce heart attacks by over a third.