Editor's Note

  1. Life

    Racing for answers on Zika

    In the latest issue of Science News, Editor in Chief Eva Emerson talks Zika virus, microbes, nutrition and mental health.

    By Eva Emerson
  2. Quantum Physics

    Finding wonders in fat

    In the latest issue of Science News, Editor in Chief Eva Emerson talks fat cells, thermodynamics, and lead poisoning.

    By Eva Emerson
  3. Cosmology

    Celebrating a new way to listen to the universe

    Editor in Chief Eva Emerson reflects on the detection of gravitational waves as a historic moment for physics.

    By Eva Emerson
  4. Astronomy

    In all sorts of circumstances, life finds a way

    Editor in Chief discusses the new marine habitats formed by human pollution and the alarming rise of the Zika virus.

    By Eva Emerson
  5. Science & Society

    Powerful rhetoric can overlook important details

    Our Editor in Chief discusses the potential hazards of broad generalizations, specifically when it comes to genetically modified foods and abundant energy.

    By Eva Emerson
  6. Science & Society

    Insights into sexes’ differing responses to stress

    Chronic stress takes its toll on everyone. One of our reporters follows a line of research suggesting that stress hits women harder (or at least differently) than men.

    By Eva Emerson
  7. Science & Society

    Climate, new physics and Jupiter on the horizon for 2016

    The first issue of the new year features stories about what will, editor in chief Eva Emerson predicts, hold on as scientific newsmakers during 2016.

    By Eva Emerson
  8. Science & Society

    Surprises at new frontier trump a tool’s potential power

    Because it highlighted discovery at its most basic, Pluto won our No. 1 spot in the top 25 science news stories of 2015.

    By Eva Emerson
  9. Genetics

    Scientists consider new genetic power and its impacts

    Thanks to CRISPR, scientists’ plans for effective use of gene drives suddenly look feasible.

    By Eva Emerson
  10. Science & Society

    The vagus is the nerve to know

    The nervous system's meandering superhighway has the potential to lead researchers treatments for myriad health conditions.

    By Eva Emerson
  11. Science & Society

    Scientists find the intrigue in Earth’s dullest times

    New methods, coupled with new attitudes, are revising ideas about Earth's boring billion.

    By Eva Emerson
  12. Science & Society

    Perspiration is important, but inspiration is fun(damental)

    How much of science is inspiration versus perspiration?

    By Eva Emerson