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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

BRIEF: X-ray Science Gets New 'Glasses'

A corrective quartz plate could improve the focus of enormous X-ray generating machines.

Catherine Meyers, Staff Writer

BRIEF: From Waste to Wine Glasses

Researchers are turning leftover grape skins from winemaking into novel, 3-D-printed objects.

Catherine Meyers, Staff Writer

Culture

Exploring the Math in 'Hidden Figures'

The movie gives a shout-out to Euler's Method -- a centuries-old math technique. Did it really help send astronauts into orbit?

Catherine Meyers, Staff Writer

Loops Give Extra Toughness to Recluse Spider Silk

Newly discovered spinning mechanism could inspire new materials.

Catherine Meyers, Staff Writer

Space

To Boldly Go Where No Treaty Had Gone Before

The Outer Space Treaty, which turns fifty this year, laid the basic ground rules for the exploration of the final frontier.

Catherine Meyers, Staff Writer

Human

The Hot And Cold Of Growing Old

The Hot And Cold Of Growing Old

The Hot and Cold of Growing Old

A special imaging technique takes pictures of blood flow under the skin, revealing how and why some elderly suffer poor blood flow.

Catherine Meyers, Staff Writer

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