Editor's Note
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Under the jungle, a more pluralistic Maya society
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses how new scientific discoveries are rewriting the history of Maya society
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Scientific meetings — it’s nice to see you again
Executive editor Elizabeth Quill discusses the importance of covering scientific meetings.
