Robin Lloyd

Locum News Editor
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Robin Lloyd is a freelance writer, editor and educator, as well as a contributing editor for Scientific American and an adjunct professor at New York University’s Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. She has a Ph.D. and M.A. in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B.A. from Smith College. She completed a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the 1998-1999 academic year.

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By Robin Lloyd

9 September 2016

5 min read

Sounding out ultrasounds; name game; geek gathering

A tie between first-trimester ultrasounds and autism severity is tenuous at best, misnamed genes litter the literature, and neuroscientists enjoy their version of summer camp.

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Sounding out ultrasounds; name game; geek gathering

By Robin Lloyd

9 September 2016 | 5 min read

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By Robin Lloyd

29 July 2016

5 min read

Calming remedies; labor lessons; women wanted

New drugs target the brain’s calming chemical, inducing labor does not boost autism risk, and the start is imminent for a project to develop personalized treatments.

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Calming remedies; labor lessons; women wanted

By Robin Lloyd

29 July 2016 | 5 min read

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By Robin Lloyd

22 July 2016

5 min read

Fake facilitation; third strike; Pokémon passion

An autism researcher retracts her third paper in as many years, scientists write fraudulent reviews of their own papers, and Pokémon Go boosts social skills in children with autism.

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Fake facilitation; third strike; Pokémon passion

By Robin Lloyd

22 July 2016 | 5 min read

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By Robin Lloyd

15 July 2016

5 min read

Brexit break-ups; little impact; micro medicine

Scientists are excluding U.K. colleagues from studies; a life sciences publisher abandons the ‘impact factor;’ and a new open-access journal makes its debut.

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