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The early women who shaped science journalism
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the pioneering women who helped create and transform science journalism.
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The challenges of seeing the profusion of tiny life
Editor in chief Nancy Shute marvels at the diversity of tiny life-forms known as protists.
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Reimagining electricity as a depression treatment
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the use of deep brain stimulation to treat severe depression.
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Sewers provide solutions to public health data gaps
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses how scientists are looking to wastewater to track COVID-19 and other diseases.
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A key technology could transform the power grid
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses ways to upgrade power grids to be more climate friendly.
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Climate
Nature’s changing colors makes climate change visible
The world’s color palette is shifting in response to climate change. Seeing these changes in nature firsthand is a powerful communication tool.
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Extreme weather threatens human health worldwide
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses how extreme heat waves and wildfires are harming human health around the world.
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From our brains to gravity, how science surprises us
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses how science unravels mysteries, such as missing chunks of brain, gravity's strength and the start of the Viking era.
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Quantum computing may break the internet
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses internet security and the development of new quantum-proof encryption methods.
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Charting a course for the future of Science News
Editor in chief Nancy Shute reflects on the history and future of Science News.
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Science & Society
Anténor Firmin challenged anthropology’s racist roots 150 years ago
In The Equality of the Human Races, Haitian scholar Anténor Firmin showed that science did not support division among the races.
By Sujata Gupta