Science & Society

  1. Science & Society

    Analysis finds gender bias in peer-reviewer picks

    The peer-review process aims to avoid bias, but it turns out there’s gender bias in who is picked to review the papers.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  2. Astronomy

    In 20th century, astronomers opened their minds to gazillions of galaxies

    Telescopes in the U.S. West opened astronomers’ eyes to a vast, expanding universe containing countless galaxies.

    By Tom Siegfried
  3. Science & Society

    Trump administration clampdowns on research agencies worry scientists

    Mixture of bans on federal research communications create confusion and fear.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Life

    Mouse cells grown in rats cure diabetes in mice

    Mixing cells of two species produces pig and cattle embryos with some human cells.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Environment

    Humans’ stuff vastly outweighs humans

    The human-made technosphere weighs 30 trillion tons and surpasses the natural biosphere in mass and diversity, researchers estimate.

    By Thomas Sumner
  6. Science & Society

    Cancer studies get mixed grades on redo tests

    Replications of cancer studies fail to reproduce some results.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Health & Medicine

    Promise and perils of marijuana deserve more scientific scrutiny

    Report outlines medical potential and health dangers of cannabis and its components.

    By Bruce Bower
  8. Earth

    Mapping the future of continents and batteries

    Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses how science provides new perspectives on the past and the future.

    By Eva Emerson
  9. Physics

    ‘Time Travel’ tours a fascinating fiction

    James Gleick’s entertaining book Time Travel focuses more on fantasy than real science.

    By Tom Siegfried
  10. Math

    Hidden Figures highlights three black women who were vital to the U.S. space program

    "Hidden Figures" tells the untold story of the "human computers" who were essential to the launch of the U.S. space program.

    By Emily Conover
  11. Health & Medicine

    The Flint water crisis and other public health woes from 2016

    Drug use continued to threaten the health and safety of the American public in 2016, while a hidden menace in drinking water remained a worry in Michigan.

    By Cassie Martin
  12. 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.

    By Elizabeth Quill