Erin Wayman

Science News reviews Rebecca Boyle’s new wide-ranging book, which tells the story of the moon and its relationship with the inhabitants of Earth.

Science News reviews Roma Agrawal’s book, which updates the classic list of simple machines and reveals the heart and soul of engineering.

Contrary to the stories handed down among paleontologists, creationism wasn’t to blame for the destruction of Central Park’s dinosaurs.

This year, spacecraft landed on the moon, dropped off asteroid samples to Earth and started a journey to Jupiter’s icy moons.

The first CRISPR gene-editing therapy, a new Alzheimer’s drug and RSV vaccines were among the big developments in medicine this year.

Greta Thunberg’s ‘The Climate Book’ covers the basic science of climate change, the history of denialism and inaction, environmental justice and solutions.

The Grand Egyptian Museum is slated to open, as well as new exhibitions dedicated to space travel, the Galápagos Islands and more.

As demand grows, scientists are inventing new — and greener — ways to recycle rare earth elements.

The scheme would provide valuable rare earth metals and help clean up coal mining’s dirty legacy.

The earliest surgery, fastest supercomputer and biggest single-celled bacteria were some of this year’s top science superlatives.

Researchers are in search of volunteers to look for solar jets, transcribe old weather logbooks, listen for threatened frogs and more.

‘History of Mathematics’ explores the origins of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and more.

A century ago, it wasn’t obvious where humans got their start. But decades of fossil discoveries, reinforced by genetic studies, have pointed to Africa as our homeland.

Paleoanthropologists have sketched a rough timeline of how human evolution played out, centering the early action in Africa.

Managing editor Erin Wayman discusses the challenges of classification in science, from Pluto’s planet status to the definition of life.

In ‘The Crowd and the Cosmos,’ an astrophysicist gives due to citizen scientists and says they will continue to have a future in discovery.

“Becoming Jane” celebrates Jane Goodall’s life and pioneering chimpanzee research.

In ‘Archaeology from Space,’ Sarah Parcak takes readers on a lively tour of the past, and archaeology of the 21st century.

The moon’s light influences lion prey behavior, dung beetle navigation, fish growth, mass migrations and birdsong.

‘End of the Megafauna’ ponders the mystery of what killed off so many of Earth’s big animals over the last 50,000 years.