Sarah Laskow

Sarah Laskow

Sarah Laskow is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor of Smart News. Her work has appeared in print and online for Grist, GOOD, Salon, The American Prospect, Newsweek, New York among other publications.

Stories from this author

The temple at the Met, in New York City.

Four Places to Worship Isis That Aren’t In Egypt

Eddi Tornberg’s self-powering desk

Body Heat From Your Seat Can Juice Your Laptop

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World’s Oldest Purse Adorned with Dog Teeth

The world’s oldest purse features a decoration that doesn’t look so different from modern beading. It’s just way more gruesome

The solution can be carried around.

Microparticle Elixir Can Keep Patients Alive for 30 Minutes Without Breathing

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A Little Perspective: Congress First Mandated Health Care in 1798

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Recessions Lead to Lipstick Lead to Babies, Says Science

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Finally, Male Birth Control Even Dudes Will Use

Here’s a male contraceptive from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute that a) works pretty well and b) shouldn’t be too burdensome for dudes

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Nora Ephron, 71, Was Good At Endings

Nora Ephron died last night at 71, of pneumonia brought on by acute myeloid leukemia

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That Pixellated Uniform Pattern Was So Bad, The Army Trashed $5 Billion Worth

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With No Human Supervision, 16,000 Computers Learn to Recognize Cats

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Twitter Bot, “Injured,” Garners Sympathy from “Friends”

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Two Women Finish Olympic 100 Meter Trial At Exactly the Same Thousandth of a Second

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The Last of His Kind, Tortoise Lonesome George Dies, Leaving No Offspring

A Midwest field circa 1936

70 Percent of Illinois Is In A Drought (And It’s Better Off Than Indiana)

Ferrets react to flu much like humans do.

How to Give a Ferret a Deadly Flu

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Lego Meth Lab Makes It Almost Seem OK

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How Easter Island Statues ‘Walked’ To Their Stations

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Yankees Fans Actually Do Keep Their Enemies Closer — In Their Minds, At Least

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On the Solstice, People in the Tropics Cast No Shadow

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Today is Juneteenth, the Most Important Holiday No One Knows About

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