Editor's Note

  1. Genetics

    Scientists consider new genetic power and its impacts

    Thanks to CRISPR, scientists’ plans for effective use of gene drives suddenly look feasible.

    By Eva Emerson
  2. Science & Society

    The vagus is the nerve to know

    The nervous system's meandering superhighway has the potential to lead researchers treatments for myriad health conditions.

    By Eva Emerson
  3. Science & Society

    Scientists find the intrigue in Earth’s dullest times

    New methods, coupled with new attitudes, are revising ideas about Earth's boring billion.

    By Eva Emerson
  4. Science & Society

    Perspiration is important, but inspiration is fun(damental)

    How much of science is inspiration versus perspiration?

    By Eva Emerson
  5. Science & Society

    General relativity centennial celebrates Einstein’s genius

    Science News uses the opportunity of the 100th anniversary of the general theory of relativity to take a deep dive into one — perhaps the most important — of Einstein’s scientific contributions.