Science & Society

  1. Science & Society

    Does our latest issue look fat? If so, that’s a good thing

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute enthuses about three enterprise stories featured in this issue of Science News magazine.

    By Nancy Shute
  2. Genetics

    New genetic sleuthing tools helped track down the Golden State Killer suspect

    DNA sleuths may have adapted new techniques for identifying John and Jane Does to track down a serial killer suspect.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Tech

    Website privacy policies don’t say much about how they share your data

    Privacy policies don’t reveal the half of how websites share user data.

    By Maria Temming
  4. Chemistry

    Want to build a dragon? Science is here for you

    Fire-breathing dragons can’t live anywhere outside of a book or TV. But nature provides some guidance as to how they might get their flames. If they existed, anyway.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  5. Tech

    Private web browsing doesn’t mean no one is watching

    Many people misunderstand what private web browsing actually is. Web browsers’ explanations don’t help.

    By Maria Temming
  6. Science & Society

    Informed wisdom trumps rigid rules when it comes to medical evidence

    Narrative reviews of medical evidence offer benefits that the supposedly superior systematic approach can’t.

    By Tom Siegfried
  7. Science & Society

    Closing the gender gap in some science fields may take over 100 years

    In some STEM fields, the gender gap won’t disappear for decades or even centuries, a new study suggests.

    By Kyle Plantz
  8. Science & Society

    Here’s why putting a missile defense system in space could be a bad idea

    Expanding missile defense capabilities could put the world on a slippery slope to space warfare.

    By Emily Conover
  9. Math

    ‘Weird Math’ aims to connect numbers and equations to the real world

    The book Weird Math attempts to make chaos theory, higher dimensions and other concepts more relatable.

    By Diana Steele
  10. Tech

    The Facebook data debacle may not change internet behavior

    In the wake of the Facebook data breach, personal privacy experts say there’s little individuals can do to control their personal information online.

    By Maria Temming
  11. Science & Society

    An antiscience political climate is driving scientists to run for office

    Hoping to inject evidence-based science into policy, more scientists are putting their name on the ballot.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  12. Life

    Fossils sparked Charles Darwin’s imagination

    Darwin’s Fossils recounts how finding extinct species in South America helped Charles Darwin develop his theory of evolution.

    By Sid Perkins