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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.

Science & Society

The year of gravitational waves, Zika and more

Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses the top science news stories of 2016.

Astronomy

Scientific success depends on finding light in darkness

Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses using cleverness and persistence to uncover scientific truths.

Science & Society

Averages can conceal how people and science learn

Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses getting the whole scientific story.

Tech

Artificial intelligence needs smart senses to be useful

Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses the future of artificial intelligence.

Science & Society

2016 Nobels: Science News fans read it here first

Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses Nobel-winning science and what the future may hold.

Science & Society

Sometimes failure is the springboard to success

Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses scientific discoveries that resulted from failures large and small.

Science & Society

Science relies on work of young research standouts

Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses 10 up-and-coming researchers who will be answering science's biggest questions in the decades to come.

Astronomy

Proxima b deserves buzz, even if some didn’t notice

Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses Earth's newest potentially habitable neighbor.

Microbes

Bacteria display qualities that a mother would love

Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses big lessons we can learn from some of Earth's smallest organisms.

Science & Society

City of graphene hosts forum full of questions

Editor in chief Eva Emerson discusses scientific inquiry and drawing inspiration from a supersmall element.

Earth

Science finds many tricks for traveling to the past

Our editor in chief discusses what science can tell us about the past.