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- Animals
Animals give clues to the origins of human number crunching
Guppies, dogs, chickens, crows, spiders — lots of animals have number sense without knowing numbers.
- Science & Society
The SN 10: Meet the scientists making the next big discoveries
Science News spotlights 10 rising scientists who will transform their research fields over the coming decades.
- Science & Society
What’s ahead for science in 2017?
Science News writers reveal what they are watching for — and hoping for — in the year ahead.
- Tech
Online reading behavior predicts stock movements
People's current web surfing patterns predict future stock movements. The discovery could help authorities to stabilize financial markets.
- Environment
Year in review: BPA alternatives aren’t benign
Evidence is accumulating that at least one popular alternative to bisphenol A can enter the body and trigger developmental and physiological changes.
- Archaeology
Search for fossils from the comfort of home
The citizen science website FossilFinder.org lets anyone with an Internet connection look for fossils and characterize rocks at Kenya’s Lake Turkana Basin
- Psychology
New studies explore why ordinary people turn terrorist
New studies are examining the "will to fight" in ISIS soldiers and their opponents.
- Tech
High-fashion goes high-tech in ‘#techstyle’
‘#techstyle,’ an exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, considers how technological innovations such as 3-D printing are influencing fashion.
- Cosmology
‘Origins’ offers science-based account of creation
In Origins, a science writer compiles an ambitious yet concise history of the universe and life on Earth.
- Animals
How animal poop could be key in solving echidna mystery
The western long-beaked echidna hasn’t been seen in Australia in 10,000 years. But DNA in scat could reveal its presence.
- Quantum Physics
Year in review: Quantum spookiness is real
A new version of an experiment proposed in 1964 confirmed a counterintuitive tenet of quantum mechanics.
- Physics
Physics’ metamorphosis explored in slim new book
From ancient Greek philosophy to quantum mechanics, a new book charts the evolution of physics.
