Editor's Note

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.

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.

Science & Society

March highlights questions about benefits of science

Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses the intersection of science and activism.

Particle Physics

Scientists find amazement in what’s most familiar

Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses the unexpected nature of science.

Science & Society

If there are curious young minds, science will survive

Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses the unending search for scientific knowledge.

Neuroscience

Lab tests aren’t the answer for every science question

Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses the value of observational science.

Science & Society

Science journalists don’t use the science of ‘nudge’

Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses the mission of science journalists.

Science & Society

Science’s questions rarely have clear, easy answers

Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses science's complexities.

Astronomy

Supernova story continues, just like science journalism

Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses science's enduring legacy and that of Science News.

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.

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.

Science & Society

The year of gravitational waves, Zika and more

Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses the top science news stories of 2016.