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Based in Los Angeles, Rebecca Shavit is a dedicated science and technology journalist who writes for The Brighter Side of News, an online publication committed to highlighting positive and transformative stories from around the world. Having published articles on MSN, AOL News, and Yahoo News, Rebecca’s reporting spans a wide range of topics, from cutting-edge medical breakthroughs to historical discoveries and innovations. With a keen ability to translate complex concepts into engaging and accessible stories, she makes science and innovation relatable to a broad audience.

Recent Stories from Rebecca Shavit

Wanyi Nie, associate professor of physics, and Dave Tsai, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, use a home-built optical microscope to probe the chiral properties of chiral perovskite crystals.
Molecular add-on helps chiral perovskite semiconductors detect visible light
One of the Twelve Apostle sea stacks.
New research reveals how the twelve apostles formed and their true age
Eccentric exercise may build strength and health without exhausting workouts or major muscle soreness, a new review argues.
You don’t need exhausting workouts to build strength and health, study finds
As part of the project, the team used a novel bacterial strain to upgrade the biogas in a reactor, converting carbon dioxide with hydrogen into methane or renewable natural gas.
WSU scientists convert sewage sludge into 99% pure natural gas sharply boosting energy recovery
These discoveries hint that the area was once submerged, strengthening theories that the site could be linked to the biblical vessel.
New scan data of Turkish formation is reviving the Noah’s Ark debate
In experiments with rice seeds submerged in water, MIT researchers found that the sound of falling droplets shook the seeds out of a dormant state, stimulating them to germinate more quickly than seeds that were not exposed to the same sound vibrations.
Seeds can sense the sound of falling raindrops, MIT study finds
DNA from a Stone Age tomb near Paris points to collapse, migration and a social reset around 3000 BC.
DNA evidence points to a massive stone age population collapse
A general view of the excavation of Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov Acheulian site. (Note that the original occupation surfaces are tilted due to tectonics).
Ancient charcoal from Israel reveals how early humans used fire
Illustrative image. New artificial muscle changes shape in real time, heals damage, and can be reused for future soft robotic systems.
Reprogrammable artificial muscle can change its shape, recover from damage, and even be reused
Scientists solved a century-old mystery behind reinforced rubber, explaining why carbon black makes tires and seals so strong.
Researchers solve 100-year-old mystery behind rubber
Tiny plasma bursts convert methane into methanol in one step, offering a cleaner route to liquid fuel production.
Mini lightning bolts help chemists turn methane into clean-burning fuel
Simba Srivastava is a senior majoring in geosciences.
Student discovers new carnivore dinosaur 3x older than T. rex
A vanished inland sea larger than the Great Lakes combined helped reshape North America’s land, rivers, and climate.
The lost inland sea that dwarfed the Great Lakes and reshaped North America
Led by Professor Paulsen (center), the St. Olaf undergraduate research team was composed of Faten Abu Al Ardat ’27, Harry Maakestad ’26, Alex Walk ’28, and Jack Feider ’26, working on building the mechanical computer.
Scientists just built a computer that doesn’t require electricity
New modeling suggests Yellowstone’s magma comes from shallow mantle flow, not a deep plume.
The hidden mantle flow shaping Yellowstone’s supervolcano
New research links oxygen sensing to why frog tadpoles regrow limbs while mammals fail to do so.
The missing ingredient in limb regeneration may be oxygen
One DNA-letter change in a regulatory region caused XX mice to develop testes instead of ovaries.
Flipping a single DNA letter can trigger complete sex reversal
Summers are arriving earlier, lasting longer, and building heat faster, new UBC research finds.
Summers are getting longer, hotter and the trend is speeding up
The 289-million-year-old reptile Captorhinus in its death pose in a cave system. Oil seepages, hyper-mineralized water, and fine clays in this cave made it an ideal environment for mummification and fossilization of soft tissues like skin, cartilage, and protein remnants.
289-million-year-old mummified reptile reveals how bodies evolved to breath and move
A decade-long study shows assault rates rise on smoky days in Seattle, pointing to a link between air pollution and aggression.
Wildfire smoke linked to higher assault rates, study finds