All Stories by Science News Staff

  1. Readers ask about black hole collisions, catnip and more

  2. Readers react to million-year-old mammoths, parasitic plants and more

  3. We revisit last year’s COVID-19 questions, readers weigh in on tuataras and more

  4. Readers weigh in on brain technology, black holes and more

  5. Health & Medicine

    A year ago, we asked 6 questions about COVID-19. Here’s how the answers evolved

    A year after launching our Coronavirus Update newsletter, we revisit the first topics we wrote about.

  6. Readers react to cosmic smashups and tricky spacecraft landings

  7. Readers react to the history of plate tectonics, pandas rolling in poop and more

  8. Readers ask about shrinking toads, defining distance in an expanding universe and more

  9. Readers ask about malaria parasites, searching for alien intelligence and more

  10. Readers ask about Cuvier’s beaked whales, microbes in the atmosphere and more

  11. Science & Society

    The science stories that defined 2020: coronavirus, diversity movements and more

    While this year was all about the coronavirus pandemic, climate change effects continued, diversity movements were born and research carried on.

  12. Science & Society

    Meet 5 Black researchers fighting for diversity and equity in science

    Here are a few of the people out to improve the professional lives of Black researchers.