Editor's Note

  1. AI is coming to medicine, but it’s got a lot to learn

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the present and future of using artificial intelligence technology in medicine.

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  2. Celebrating the second law of thermodynamics

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute talks about the history and enduring mysteries of the second law of thermodynamics.

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  3. Science and the challenges of evidence-based forensics

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  4. The typical Science News reader is ever so atypical

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute reflects on the evolution of Science News' typical reader.

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  5. Rethinking how we live with wildfires

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses a new approach for managing wildfires that includes collaboration with local and Indigenous communities.

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  6. Finally, scientists are making progress on long COVID

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses researchers' efforts to uncover long COVID's mysteries.

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  7. How patient-led research is advancing science

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute considers the role that people suffering from a variety of chronic conditions are starting to play in medical research.

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  8. Here comes the sun, the eclipsed version

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute muses on the total solar eclipse that will cross North America in April 2024.

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  9. Come along with us on a mathematical mystery tour

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses an unexpected breakthrough on a puzzle that has intrigued mathematicians for almost a century.

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  10. Using public health research to save lives

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses how overdose prevention centers, where people can use drugs in a supervised setting, are saving lives.

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  11. What a parrot knows, and what a chatbot doesn’t

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses AI chatbots' vulnerabilities and the intelligence of parrots.

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  12. Bringing scientists’ stories out of the shadows

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute spotlights scientist Emma Rotor's contributions to weapons research in World War II.

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