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January 21, 2017
In the Jan. 21 SN: Supercontinent superpuzzle, seeking better batteries, real nausea in virtual reality, reversing premature aging, pitcher plant ambush, quantum weirdness confirmed and more.
- Science & Society
Analysis finds gender bias in peer-reviewer picks
The peer-review process aims to avoid bias, but it turns out there’s gender bias in who is picked to review the papers.
- Paleontology
Readers weigh in on dinos, dark matter and more
Ancient bird calls, the search for dark matter and more in reader feedback.
- Science & Society
What’s ahead for science in 2017?
Science News writers reveal what they are watching for — and hoping for — in the year ahead.
- Humans
Oldest alphabet identified as Hebrew
Contested study indicates ancient Israelites developed first alphabet from Egyptian hieroglyphics.
- Animals
Animals give clues to the origins of human number crunching
Guppies, dogs, chickens, crows, spiders — lots of animals have number sense without knowing numbers.
- Psychology
Erasing stigma needed in mental health care
Social forces drive those in need away from mental health care.
- Genetics
Gene linked to autism in people may influence dog sociability
DNA variants were linked to beagles’ tendency to seek human help.
- Particle Physics
Latest dark matter searches leave scientists empty-handed
As the most popular candidates for dark matter fail to show up in detectors, scientists are broadening the search.
- Neuroscience
Jessica Cantlon seeks the origins of numerical thinking
Cognitive neuroscientist Jessica Cantlon wants to find out how humans understand numbers and where that understanding comes from.
- Neuroscience
Jeremy Freeman seeks to simplify complex brain science
As a group leader at the Janelia Research Campus, Jeremy Freeman is equal parts neuroscientist, computer coder and data visualization whiz.
- Chemistry
Molecules for making nanomachines snare chemistry Nobel
Nanochemists win Nobel prize for devising molecular machines
