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- Space
These are our top space images of all time
These are the best astronomy pictures ever, from Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope and more.
- Health & Medicine
Why daylight saving time just isn’t healthy, according to science
Shifting daylight from morning to evening puts our bodies and brains out of sync with our clocks, leading to a host of potential health issues.
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Forever chemicals’ health risks are getting attention
Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the health dangers of PFAS chemicals with freelance journalist Melba Newsome.
- Health & Medicine
DNA is providing new clues to why COVID-19 hits people differently
Age, general health and vaccinations can affect how sick people get with COVID-19. So can genes. Here are new hints of what’s going on in our DNA.
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Long COVID brings another huge challenge to science
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the challenges of long COVID and what it takes to report on it.
- Science & Society
Why fuzzy definitions are a problem in the social sciences
Social sciences research is plagued by murky definitions and measurements. Here’s why that matters.
- Health & Medicine
What is long COVID and who’s at risk? This NIH project may find out
Scientists with the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER project are working to define long COVID and figure out who’s at risk of developing it.
- Psychology
The pandemic shows us how crises derail young adults’ lives for decades
Age matters for when we experience calamities, such as pandemics. Young adults are especially vulnerable to getting thrown off their life course.
- Health & Medicine
A swarm of sneaky omicron variants could cause a COVID-19 surge this fall
Scientists are tracking similar mutations showing up in many variants that help the coronavirus evade some of our immune defenses and treatments.
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Next-gen science as told by next-gen journalists
With the release of Science News' "SN 10: Scientists to Watch" list, editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the bright future of science and science journalism.
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So much of science is looking and seeing
Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the marvels of looking and seeing in science, from peeks into outer space to 3-D visualizations of protein structures.
- Health & Medicine
How living in a pandemic distorts our sense of time
The pandemic has distorted people’s perception of time. That could have implications for collective well-being.
