Rachel Becker

Joined: Aug 22, 2016
Last Login: Jan 18, 2018, 9:54pm EST
Posts: 275
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Rachel Becker is a science reporter for The Verge.

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NASA’s Jeanette Epps won’t be joining the space station as its first African-American crew member this year

By Rachel Becker Jan 18, 2018, 9:56pm EST

‘Abundant bleeding’ epidemic in 16th-century Mexico might have been Salmonella

By Rachel Becker Jan 15, 2018, 6:47pm EST

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Monkeys in Florida have deadly herpes, so please don’t touch them

By Rachel Becker Jan 11, 2018, 4:35pm EST

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Those viral pictures of snow in the Sahara are real

By Rachel Becker Jan 10, 2018, 7:54pm EST

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NYC tells Big Oil it’s time to pay up for climate change

By Rachel Becker Jan 10, 2018, 3:46pm EST

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How California’s record wildfire season paved the way for catastrophic mudslides

By Rachel Becker Jan 9, 2018, 4:37pm EST

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These animals’ sex lives could be screwed up by climate change

By Rachel Becker Jan 9, 2018, 12:49pm EST

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This 450-year-old mummy contains the oldest evidence of hepatitis B

By Rachel Becker Jan 5, 2018, 10:57am EST

Ancient baby’s DNA reveals completely unknown branch of Native American family tree

By Rachel Becker Jan 3, 2018, 4:57pm EST

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YouTuber Logan Paul's video of a dead body put his own audience at risk

By Rachel Becker Jan 2, 2018, 2:11pm EST

‘Raw water’ is the latest pseudo-scientific craze that could make you sick

By Rachel Becker Jan 1, 2018, 5:16pm EST

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You can help teach a snake-spotting AI to spot snakes better

By Rachel Becker Dec 31, 2017, 3:00pm EST

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Cold weather doesn't disprove climate change, Donald Trump

By Rachel Becker Dec 29, 2017, 1:14pm EST

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Risky mutant virus research can once again receive government funding

By Rachel Becker Dec 19, 2017, 3:55pm EST

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That bizarre milk scene from The Last Jedi has a basis in dairy science

By Rachel Becker Dec 19, 2017, 11:04am EST

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