Science & Society

  1. Climate

    Climate change could exacerbate economic inequalities in the U.S.

    Counties across the United States won’t all pay the same price for climate change, a new simulation predicts.

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  2. Science & Society

    Latest stats are just a start in preventing gun injuries in kids

    New stats on firearm deaths and injuries are disturbing, but the picture to make policy is far from complete, researchers say.

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  3. Chemistry

    Every breath you take contains a molecule of history

    In 'Caesar’s Last Breath', best-selling author Sam Kean tells vivid stories about the gases we can’t see.

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  4. Science & Society

    Launch your imagination with Science News stories

    You don’t need a novel or a movie to escape into what feels like another reality. Just flip through the pages of Science News. The stories will take you to other worlds, as well as inner, hidden ones.

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  5. Science & Society

    Top 10 discoveries about waves

    Another gravitational wave detection reaffirms the importance of waves for a vast spectrum of physical processes and technologies.

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  6. Science & Society

    CuriosityStream satisfies a science-hungry audience

    CuriosityStream, an online streaming service, offers viewers a plethora of science documentaries, including originals from Stephen Hawking and David Attenborough.

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  7. Climate

    U.S. will withdraw from climate pact, Trump announces

    President Trump announced June 1 that the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Some topics call for science reporting from many angles

    There’s heartbreak in this issue. Science News investigates different facets of the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    For babies exposed to opioids in the womb, parents may be the best medicine

    A surge in opioid-exposed newborns has U.S. doctors revamping treatments and focusing on families.

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  10. Planetary Science

    Citizen scientists join the search for Planet 9

    Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, lets space enthusiasts search for undiscovered objects in the sky, including a hypothesized planet at the far reaches of the solar system.

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  11. Science & Society

    Trump’s proposed 2018 budget takes an ax to science research funding

    Administration would cut total federal research spending by about 17 percent, according to a preliminary estimate.

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  12. Psychology

    Running is contagious among those with the competitive bug

    Can behaviors really be contagious? Runners log more miles when their friends do — especially if they want to stay leader of the pack, a new study finds.

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