Editor's Note
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Science & Society
Launch your imagination with Science News stories
You don’t need a novel or a movie to escape into what feels like another reality. Just flip through the pages of Science News. The stories will take you to other worlds, as well as inner, hidden ones.
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Health & Medicine
Some topics call for science reporting from many angles
There’s heartbreak in this issue. Science News investigates different facets of the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States.
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Life
Jumping genes are part of all that makes us human
Ask 10 people what makes humans human and you’ll probably get 10 different answers — and then some.
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Science & Society
March highlights questions about benefits of science
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses the intersection of science and activism.
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Particle Physics
Scientists find amazement in what’s most familiar
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses the unexpected nature of science.
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Science & Society
If there are curious young minds, science will survive
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses the unending search for scientific knowledge.
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Neuroscience
Lab tests aren’t the answer for every science question
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses the value of observational science.
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Science & Society
Science journalists don’t use the science of ‘nudge’
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses the mission of science journalists.
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Science & Society
Science’s questions rarely have clear, easy answers
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses science's complexities.
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Astronomy
Supernova story continues, just like science journalism
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses science's enduring legacy and that of Science News.
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Animals
Endings make way for new beginnings for Earth and SN
Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses major changes for life on Earth and at Science News.
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Earth
Mapping the future of continents and batteries
Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses how science provides new perspectives on the past and the future.
By Eva Emerson