Reporter and Writer Science, Technology, Pop Culture WIRED Magazine Correspondent You may have also seen me in: O: The Oprah Magazine, The Atlantic, Popular Science, Gizmodo, PC World, The Sydney Morning Herald, EGM, Stanford Magazine, and Nylon Contact Me: erin at erinbiba dot comtwitter.com/erinbiba READ MY LATEST STORIES:Erin BibaTumblr (3.0; @erinbiba)http://www.erinbiba.com/Turn On, Code In, Drop Out: Tech Programmers Don’t Need College Diplomas(Feature from GOOD Magazine, Issue 025/WINTER 2011 The Next Big Thing) David King got his start as...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/12855985719http://www.erinbiba.com/post/12855985719Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:51:06 -0800The Sweet Science of Sugar(From WIRED Magazine, Issue 19.10) Oh, sugar, we know how toxic you are, but you give us so much...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/10776349349http://www.erinbiba.com/post/10776349349Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:25:43 -0700New Takes on Slow-Cooking Tech (From WIRED Magazine, Issue 19.09) There isn’t much you can do with a slow cooker that you...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/10776294595http://www.erinbiba.com/post/10776294595Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:24:15 -0700Your Gait Can Predict Your Longevity(From Oprah Magazine, September 2011) Forget the “life line” on your palm and...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/9886960425http://www.erinbiba.com/post/9886960425Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:14:34 -0700BioTech@Home (From WIRED Magazine, Issue 19.09) A tiny spare bedroom is not an ideal space for a high tech...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/9128523309http://www.erinbiba.com/post/9128523309Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:46:02 -0700Friendship Has Its Limits (Social Media Isn't Social. It's Just Media.) Think about the last time you updated your Facebook status. You probably edited that snippet of...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/7820006610http://www.erinbiba.com/post/7820006610Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:58:26 -0700Seven Creepy Experiments That Could Teach Us So Much (If They Weren’t So Wrong) Separating Twins The Experiment: Split up twins after birth—and then control every aspect of their...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/7671155295http://www.erinbiba.com/post/7671155295Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:34:00 -0700Yuck! That's Delicious!(From WIRED Magazine, Issue 19.06) Just because a menu item sounds a little odd doesn’t mean it...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/6294660149http://www.erinbiba.com/post/6294660149Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:49:31 -0700Light Up Your Wardrobe (From WIRED Magazine, Issue 19.04) Thanks to the open source Arduino microprocessor, hobbyists...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/5167336022http://www.erinbiba.com/post/5167336022Tue, 03 May 2011 12:54:14 -0700Burning Question: Why Are ATM Cards Still So Vulnerable to Fraud?(From WIRED Magazine, Issue 19.03) It’s a local news chestnut: Crooks are stealing debit card...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/3937001112http://www.erinbiba.com/post/3937001112Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:24:56 -0700Underground Caverns Keep Things Cold, Safe… and Secret (Photo Essay, Wired Magazine, Issue 19.02) When WikiLeaks wants to safeguard its trove of...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/3936977242http://www.erinbiba.com/post/3936977242Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:22:09 -0700Arctic by Air(From Long Shot Magazine, Issue One, 2010) People have been attempting to cross the arctic north in...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/2585600611http://www.erinbiba.com/post/2585600611Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:20:57 -0800Science For All(From Wired Magazine, Issue 18.12) The institutions that foot the bill for scientific research tend...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/2051983804http://www.erinbiba.com/post/2051983804Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:51:13 -0800Great News for Your Body: The Top 10 Health Tips of 2010(From O: The Oprah Magazine, December 2010) Every so often, medical researchers hit upon a...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/2051942017http://www.erinbiba.com/post/2051942017Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:46:54 -0800Nature's Prophet: Scientist runs the numbers to predict the future of life on Earth.(From WIRED Magazine, Issue 18.07) There are lots of scientists trying to determine the fate of...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/853667121http://www.erinbiba.com/post/853667121Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:23:00 -0700What Is Time? One Physicist Hunts for the Ultimate Theory(From Wired.com, February 26, 2010) SAN DIEGO — One way to get noticed as a scientist is to tackle...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/853652271http://www.erinbiba.com/post/853652271Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:19:00 -0700Essay: Why Science Needs to Step Up Its PR Game(From WIRED Magazine, Issue 18.06) On the final day of last winter’s meeting of theAmerican...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/633500098http://www.erinbiba.com/post/633500098Tue, 25 May 2010 22:10:00 -0700Backstory: Making the Large Hadron Collider Pop-Up Book(From WIRED Magazine, Issue 18.06) Pop-up books have always been the exhibitionists of the literary...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/633494994http://www.erinbiba.com/post/633494994Tue, 25 May 2010 22:08:00 -0700Weird Science to the Rescue(From TheAtlantic.com, Feb. 25, 2010) Climate change is no longer an impending catastrophe to be...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/633488647http://www.erinbiba.com/post/633488647Tue, 25 May 2010 22:06:00 -0700On the Minds of Scientists(From TheAtlantic.com, Feb. 25, 2010) At the year’s biggest conference of scientists, the talk...http://www.erinbiba.com/post/633463979http://www.erinbiba.com/post/633463979Tue, 25 May 2010 21:56:00 -0700