Science News Staff

All Stories by Science News Staff

  1. Readers react to cosmic smashups and tricky spacecraft landings

  2. Readers react to the history of plate tectonics, pandas rolling in poop and more

  3. Readers ask about shrinking toads, defining distance in an expanding universe and more

  4. Readers ask about malaria parasites, searching for alien intelligence and more

  5. Readers ask about Cuvier’s beaked whales, microbes in the atmosphere and more

  6. Science & Society

    The science stories that defined 2020: coronavirus, diversity movements and more

    While this year was all about the coronavirus pandemic, climate change effects continued, diversity movements were born and research carried on.

  7. Science & Society

    Meet 5 Black researchers fighting for diversity and equity in science

    Here are a few of the people out to improve the professional lives of Black researchers.

  8. Science & Society

    Our favorite books of 2020 covered climate change, Mars, the end of the universe and more

    In a year when the coronavirus pandemic dominated the news, these books were a welcomed distraction.

  9. Science & Society

    This COVID-19 pandemic timeline shows how fast the coronavirus took over our lives

    Look back on how the coronavirus pandemic took over 2020 and how efforts to fight back evolved.

  10. Health & Medicine

    As 2020 comes to an end, here’s what we still don’t know about COVID-19

    After making fast progress understanding COVID-19, researchers are still in search of answers.

  11. Readers ask about life on Venus and high-energy cosmic rays

  12. Readers ask about buoyancy, Stonehenge sounds and more