Science & Society

  1. Science & Society

    Millions of working mamas

    It has been a long time since millions of American women working outside the home was big sociological news. Women are now 47 percent of the U.S. workforce.

    By Science News Staff
  2. Science & Society

    Misconduct found in Japanese stem cell research

    An investigation into reports describing a type of stem cells called STAP cells has found that the lead researcher is guilty of scientific misconduct.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Health & Medicine

    Sudden death

    Cardiologists disagree on whether electrocardiograms should be used to screen student athletes for a rare heart condition that can cause them to die suddenly and without warning.

    By Laura Beil
  4. Cosmology

    Top 10 cosmological discoveries

    The cosmic microwave background radiation has played a part in many of cosmology’s greatest discoveries.

    By Tom Siegfried
  5. Science & Society

    Stone throwers might toss fingerprints into police hands

    An Israeli police lab is studying methods to develop fingerprints on rock to identify stone throwers.

    By Erika Engelhaupt
  6. Cosmology

    Inflation rides gravity waves into cosmological history

    The discovery of gravity waves in the cosmic microwave radiation signals the success of inflationary cosmology.

    By Tom Siegfried
  7. Science & Society

    Slight boost for U.S. climate research funding

    While most science funding remains flat lined in President Obama’s 2015 budget, climate change research gets an increase.

    By Beth Mole
  8. Science & Society

    Top 10 scientists of the 13th century

    Modern science began to emerge in Western Europe centuries before the Scientific Revolution, thanks to a few scholars who were ahead of their time.

    By Tom Siegfried
  9. Science & Society

    Medieval cosmology meets modern mathematics

    Applying modern math to Robert Grosseteste’s theory of the heavenly spheres reveals a medieval idea’s similarity to modern cosmology.

    By Tom Siegfried
  10. Science & Society

    Flu drug research takes Intel STS top honors

    A teenager’s computer analyses that identified six potential new flu-fighting compounds claimed first place at the 2014 Intel Science Talent Search.

    By Sid Perkins
  11. Tech

    Early advantages pay off in public opinion on Twitter

    Twitter data show that having a slight advantage early in the formation of public opinion can be beneficial even though the state of the opinions level off over time.

    By Ashley Yeager
  12. Animals

    Elephants can tell men’s voices from women’s

    Amboseli elephants may pick out age and gender — and even distinguish between languages — when listening to human voices.

    By Susan Milius