Science & Society

  1. Animals

    EPA OKs first living pest-control mosquito for use in United States

    Feds approve non-GM male tiger mosquitoes for sale as fake dads to suppress local pests.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Animals

    Great praise for categories, and seeing beyond them

    Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill discusses classification and some of the challenges of putting species in categorical boxes.

    By Elizabeth Quill
  3. Science & Society

    Trauma surgeon studies gun violence stats — and was one

    Joseph Sakran is trying to help counter the U.S. epidemic of gun violence with data.

    By Aimee Cunningham
  4. Climate

    ‘Killer Hurricanes’ reconstructs the past to predict storms of the future

    Geologists find clues to the future of deadly hurricanes, written in stone and sand, in the new NOVA documentary “Killer Hurricanes.”

    By Carolyn Gramling
  5. Genetics

    Resurrecting extinct species raises ethical questions

    'Rise of the Necrofauna' examines the technical and ethical challenges of bringing woolly mammoths and other long-gone creatures back from the dead.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Science & Society

    Conspiring with engineers helps make science great

    Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill says the passion to acquire knowledge and apply it lives in both engineers and scientists.

    By Elizabeth Quill
  7. Science & Society

    An American astronomical evangelist coined the phrase ‘island universe’

    Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, a Civil War general nicknamed ‘Old Stars,’ first used ‘island universe’ in his monthly astronomy magazine.

    By Tom Siegfried
  8. Science & Society

    Economics Nobel nudges behavioral economist into the limelight

    Behavioral economist Richard Thaler started influential investigations of behavioral economics, which earned him the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

    By Bruce Bower
  9. Neuroscience

    New book offers a peek into the mind of Oliver Sacks

    The wide-ranging essays in Oliver Sacks’ ‘The River of Consciousness’ contemplate evolution, memory and more.

    By Laura Sanders
  10. Science & Society

    The SN 10: Meet the scientists ready to transform their fields

    In this year’s SN 10, meet early- and mid-career research stars who are coming up with and testing new ideas in astronomy, archaeology, artificial intelligence and more.

    By Science News Staff
  11. Computing

    M. Ehsan Hoque develops digital helpers that teach social skills

    Computer scientist M. Ehsan Hoque programs emotionally attuned assistants that bring people together.

    By Bruce Bower
  12. Science & Society

    Success in science depends on luck, plus much more

    Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill says luck is only one determinant of an individual's success in science.

    By Elizabeth Quill