Claire Yuan

AAAS mass media fellow

Claire Yuan was the 2024 AAAS Mass Media Fellow at Science News. She is an undergraduate at Harvard University studying chemistry & physics and history of science. Before Science News, she wrote for her college newspaper, The Harvard Crimson.

All Stories by Claire Yuan

  1. Health & Medicine

    Python fangs inspired a fix for shoulder injuries common in sports

    Curved teeth could grip fragile shoulder tendons without tearing, making rotator-cuff repairs stronger and more likely to last. 

  2. Animals

    The last woolly mammoths offer new clues to why this species died out

    The last woolly mammoth herd experienced a drop in genetic variation. But this is likely not what doomed these majestic beasts to extinction, new data suggest.

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