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Catherine Meyers

Editor

Catherine Meyers is a deputy editor for Inside Science. She has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Harvey Mudd College and a graduate certificate in science writing from UC Santa Cruz. She has written for the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the Monterey Herald, and ScienceNOW, the online science news arm of AAAS. Before beginning her writing career, Catherine worked as a software/firmware tester and tech support analyst for a leading manufacturer of data radios and also served a two-year stint in the Peace Corps in Ukraine.

Author articles

Physics

In Locked Down Spain, a Physicist's Disease Model Research Turns Strikingly Real

Yamir Moreno studies how human networks spread COVID-19 and other diseases.

Catherine Meyers, Editor

Researchers Look to Improve Leak Detection for the World’s Aging Water Pipes

In North America, water companies may lose up to 50% of water before it ever reaches customers.

Catherine Meyers, Editor

Culture

Scientists Grow Date Palm Plants from 2,000-Year-Old Seeds

The researchers hope to resurrect a variety of date that was praised in antiquity but lost to time.

Catherine Meyers, Editor

How Desert Rattlesnakes Harvest Rainwater

Water sticks to the snakes’ backs because of special properties of their scales.

Catherine Meyers, Editor

Human

Catching Measles Makes You More Susceptible to Other Diseases

Unvaccinated children who contracted the illness lost their immunity to many other infections.

Catherine Meyers, Editor

How Some Nobel Prize-Winning Battery Research Weathered the Test of Time

Scientists found that some early commercial lithium batteries held up pretty well after about 35 years in storage.

Catherine Meyers, Editor

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