Science & Society
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Revisiting the science stories that made us cry, think and say ‘OMG’ in 2017
Each year Science News selects the top stories for their importance and impact. But the staff’s favorite stories strike a different chord.
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How science and society crossed paths in 2017
In 2017, Science News covered the science events that everyone was talking about.
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Here are our favorite science books of 2017
Science News writers and editors make their picks for top science books of the year.
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U.S. religion is increasingly polarized
Organized religion in the United States increasingly belongs to fervent believers, a new study finds.
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These are the most-read Science News stories of 2017
From Cassini and eclipses to ladybugs and dolphins, Science News online readers had a wide variety of favorite stories on our website.
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2017 delivered humility, and proved our potential
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill reflects on some of the top scientific stories of 2017.
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Colliding neutron stars, gene editing, human origins and more top stories of 2017
A gravitational wave discovery is the year's biggest science story — again.
- Genetics
CRISPR gene editing moved into new territory in 2017
Scientists edited viable human embryos with CRISPR/Cas9 this year.
- Neuroscience
Brains of former football players showed how common traumatic brain injuries might be
Examinations of NFL players’ postmortem brains turned up chronic traumatic encephalopathy in 99 percent of samples in large dataset.
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Would you opt to see the future or decipher the past?
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill wonders what it would be like if scientists could see into the past and the future.
- Life
Readers debate ethics of resurrecting extinct species
Readers raised questions about using gene editing tools to bring species back from the dead.
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First controlled nuclear chain reaction achieved 75 years ago
The anniversary of the first controlled nuclear chain reaction marks an achievement of immigrants who served America in World War II.
