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Taking the temperature of democracy

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the science of studying democracies.

Embracing the collective nature of science

Editor in chief Nancy Shute celebrates this year's SN10: Scientists to Watch and novel approaches to research.

When pain really is in your head

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the complexity of chronic pain, the spread of diseases and training crocs to avoid eating certain toads.

A long-awaited cancer treatment reaches patients

Print and Longform Managing Editor Erin Wayman discusses the recently approved T cell therapy for cancer patients.

Of frogs and the people who love them

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses frogs and chytrid fungus, trilobite fossils and a dinosaur named after the Norse god of mischief.

Striving to break the global grip of malnutrition

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the quest for solutions in challenges such as childhood malnutrition, Andean bear conservation and assessing AI’s cognition.

AI is coming to medicine, but it’s got a lot to learn

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the present and future of using artificial intelligence technology in medicine.

Celebrating the second law of thermodynamics

Editor in chief Nancy Shute talks about the history and enduring mysteries of the second law of thermodynamics.

Science and the challenges of evidence-based forensics

The typical Science News reader is ever so atypical

Editor in chief Nancy Shute reflects on the evolution of Science News' typical reader.

Rethinking how we live with wildfires

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses a new approach for managing wildfires that includes collaboration with local and Indigenous communities.