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Joshua Shavit

Science and Good News Writer

Joshua Shavit
Science & Technology Writer | AI and Robotics Reporter

Joshua Shavit is a Los Angeles-based science and technology writer with a passion for exploring the breakthroughs shaping the future. As a contributor to The Brighter Side of News, he focuses on positive and transformative advancements in AI, technology, physics, engineering, robotics and space science. Joshua is currently working towards a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of California, Berkeley. He combines his academic background with a talent for storytelling, making complex scientific discoveries engaging and accessible. His work highlights the innovators behind the ideas, bringing readers closer to the people driving progress.

Recent Stories from Joshua Shavit

The results revealed a striking connection: better diets correlated with younger-looking cells
Health study finds a link between excess sugar in your diet and aging
Animal-borne sensors are revolutionizing ocean research, providing critical data on climate change, marine conservation, and human impacts on wildlife.
Marine animals are helping scientists solve ocean problems
Once seen as primitive brutes, Neanderthals were actually skilled hunters and caretakers.
Neanderthals were smarter, stronger, and more human than previously known
The Bayeux Tapestry, showing King Harold riding to Bosham, where he attends church and feasts in a hall, before departing for France. The Society of Antiquaries of London.
Archaeologists locate the lost site depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Nuclear batteries offer a reliable energy source for electronics operating in environments with intense radiation exposure.
Revolutionary new battery turns nuclear waste into electricity
WashU physicists shine a microwave laser into a chunk of diamond to create a time quasicrystal, a new phase of matter that repeats precise patterns in time and space.
Time Crystals: A New Frontier in Quantum Physics
An artistic conception of the Jupiter-like exoplanet, 51 Eridani b, seen in the near-infrared light that shows the hot layers deep in its atmosphere glowing through clouds. Because of its young age, this young cousin of our own Jupiter is still hot and carries information on the way it was formed 20 million years ago.
James Webb telescope captures first images of CO2 outside solar system
iGEM uOttawa seeks sustainable semaglutide production amid Ozempic shortage.
Eco-friendly weight loss: Grow Ozempic-like medication at home
Scientists propose dark energy may have switched directions in the past, solving major cosmological puzzles.
Bold new theory challenges endless expansion of the universe
A new virtual reality platform developed by Cambridge researchers transforms how people overcome public speaking anxiety, making training accessible to all.
Free VR platform helps people conquer the fear of public speaking
New research suggests tiny electric sparks between water droplets, known as microlightning, may have played a key role in forming life’s building blocks.
Microlightning in water droplets may have ignited life on Earth
Researchers have discovered that structured light beams can precisely control electron ejection from atoms
In a global first, scientists control electrons with twisted light
Saturn's moon count has surged to 274, nearly doubling previous estimates.
Astronomers discover 128 new moons orbiting Saturn
Researchers have created a supersolid using light, demonstrating a new quantum phase of matter with both solid and superfluid properties.
For the first time ever, scientists convert light into a supersolid
Astronomers have detected rare radio pulses from a binary star system, challenging previous theories.
Astronomers detect mysterious radio pulses from a nearby binary star system
Science educator Bill Nye looks at the "Doomsday Clock," shortly before the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announces the latest decision on the "Doomsday Clock" minute hand.
Surprising link between doomsday clock, mental and physical health
Researchers have synthesized and characterized berkelocene, a new organometallic molecule featuring the rare and highly radioactive element berkelium.
Berkelocene: Scientists create the world’s first organometallic molecule
New radar data from the Zhurong rover reveals striking evidence of an ancient Martian ocean, suggesting Mars was once a wetter, more habitable planet.
Mars Rover Discovers Traces of Ancient Martian Beaches
Researchers have developed a rosemary-based drug that improves memory and reduces brain inflammation.
Common herb restores memory and reduces inflammation for Alzheimer’s patients
A recent study proposes modifications to the foundational Schrödinger equation, a key principle of quantum mechanics.
Schrödinger’s cat equation unifies Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum mechanics