Editor's Note

  1. Science & Society

    The year of gravitational waves, Zika and more

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

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  2. Astronomy

    Scientific success depends on finding light in darkness

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses using cleverness and persistence to uncover scientific truths.

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  3. Science & Society

    Averages can conceal how people and science learn

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses getting the whole scientific story.

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  4. Tech

    Artificial intelligence needs smart senses to be useful

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses the future of artificial intelligence.

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  5. Science & Society

    2016 Nobels: Science News fans read it here first

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses Nobel-winning science and what the future may hold.

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  6. Science & Society

    Sometimes failure is the springboard to success

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses scientific discoveries that resulted from failures large and small.

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  7. Science & Society

    Science relies on work of young research standouts

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses 10 up-and-coming researchers who will be answering science's biggest questions in the decades to come.

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  8. Astronomy

    Proxima b deserves buzz, even if some didn’t notice

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses Earth's newest potentially habitable neighbor.

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  9. Microbes

    Bacteria display qualities that a mother would love

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses big lessons we can learn from some of Earth's smallest organisms.

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  10. Science & Society

    City of graphene hosts forum full of questions

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses scientific inquiry and drawing inspiration from a supersmall element.

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  11. Earth

    Science finds many tricks for traveling to the past

    Our editor in chief discusses what science can tell us about the past.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Still mysterious, aging may prove malleable

    Our editor in chief discusses the science of aging.

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