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  1. Health & Medicine

    Your medications might make it harder for you to beat the heat

    Chronic illnesses and the medications that treat them may make it harder to handle extreme heat. It’s even harder to study how.

    By Erin Garcia de Jesús
  2. Health & Medicine

    Aimee Grant investigates the needs of autistic people

    The public health researcher focuses on what kinds of support people with autism need rather than on treating the condition as a disease to cure.

    By Saima S. Iqbal
  3. Science & Society

    Is U.S. democracy in decline? Here’s what the science says

    Political scientists disagree over how to interpret a slight dip in the health of U.S. democracy.

    By Sujata Gupta
  4. Science & Society

    10 early-career scientists tackling some of the biggest problems of today

    For the ninth year, Science News honors researchers in its SN 10: Scientists to Watch list.

    By Science News Staff

  5. Seeking the elements that make modern life possible

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the importance of rare earth elements to society.

    By Nancy Shute
  6. Physics

    Advanced nuclear reactors need a different type of uranium. Here’s 4 things to know 

    The nuclear fuel of the future may be HALEU, high-assay low-enriched uranium. But questions about the material remain.

    By Emily Conover
  7. Health & Medicine

    AI could transform health care, but will it live up to the hype?

    AI has the potential to make health care more effective, equitable and humane. Whether the tech delivers on these promises remains to be seen.

    By Meghan Rosen and Tina Hesman Saey

  8. Readers discuss grassland conservation and a hummingbird flight trick

    By Science News Staff
  9. Planetary Science

    Bacteria that can make humans sick could survive on Mars

    Experiments suggest that common illness-causing microbes could not only survive on the Red Planet but also might be able to thrive.

    By Adam Mann
  10. Oceans

    Ocean heat waves often lurk out of sight

    About 1 in 3 marine heat waves occur below the surface, a new study reports, suggesting these harmful events are more common than previously thought.

    By Katherine Kornei
  11. Health & Medicine

    Newly identified stem cells can lure breast cancer to the spine

    A new type of stem cell discovered in mice and humans might explain why cancer that spreads to other body parts preferentially targets the spine.

    By Meghan Rosen
  12. Health & Medicine

    Pelvic exams at hospitals require written consent, new U.S. guidelines say 

    Hospitals must now get written consent to perform pelvic, breast, prostate and rectal exams on sedated patients or risk losing federal funding.

    By Meghan Rosen