Editor's Note

  1. Problem solving and the power of humankind

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the AIDS epidemic and a woman who helped define the limits of mathematical understanding in the 20th century.

    By Nancy Shute

  2. Fighting poverty and the deep roots of inequality

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses income inequality from the Bronze Age to modern day.

    By Nancy Shute

  3. Scientists who aren’t afraid to range across disciplines

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses 10 early- and mid-career scientists who are making cross-disciplinary connections.

    By Nancy Shute

  4. Finding the stories and growing the next crop of science journalists

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses how an intern wrote about 3-D printed guns.