Editing Science News

{{short description|American magazine}}
{{distinguish|Science (journal)}}
{{primary sources|date=February 2013}}
{{use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Science News
| image_file = Science_News_cover_Nov._16,_2013.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| image_alt = Magazine cover showing a brain-computer tool designed to help paralyzed patients walk.
| image_caption = Cover of the November 16, 2013, issue
| editor = Nancy Shute<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Shute |first=Nancy |date=8 October 2022 |title=Next-gen science as told by next-gen journalists |magazine=Science News |format=paper |volume=202 |issue=7 |url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/next-gen-science-as-told-by-next-gen-journalists}}</ref>
| editor_title = Editor in Chief
| previous_editor = Tom Siegfried, [[Edwin Emery Slosson]], [[Kendrick Frazier]], Robert J. Trotter, Joel Greenberg, Julie Ann Miller
| staff_writer = 
| frequency = Monthly
| total_circulation = 107,166
| circulation_year = 2024
| category = [[Science]]
| company = [[Society for Science]]
| publisher = [[Maya Ajmera]]
| firstdate = 1922
| country = United States
| based = Washington, D.C.
| language = English
| website = {{official URL}}
| issn = 0036-8423
}}
'''''Science News''''' ('''''SN''''') is an American monthly [[magazine]] devoted to articles about new scientific and technical developments, typically gleaned from recent scientific and technical [[scientific journal|journal]]s.  The periodical has been described as having a scope across "all sciences" and as having "up to date" coverage.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hockey |first=Thomas |url=https://archive.org/details/comethaleboppboo00hock/ |title=The Comet Hale-Bopp Book |publisher=ATL Press |year=1996 |isbn=1-882360-15-X |series=Frontiers in Astronomy and Earth Science, Volume 1 |location=Massachusetts, United States |page=139 |url-access=registration |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

==History==
''Science News'' has been published since 1922 by the [[Society for Science & the Public]], a [[non-profit organization]] founded by [[E. W. Scripps]] in 1920. American chemist [[Edwin Emery Slosson|Edwin Slosson]] served as the publication's first editor. From 1922 to 1966, it was called '''''Science News Letter'''''.<ref>{{cite journal
| first=Anna Maria | last=Gillis | date=March 1, 1997| title=Looking Back: From News Wire to Newsweekly, 75 years of Science Service
| journal=Science News | volume=151 | issue=9 | page=S10| url=http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/pdfs/data/1997/151-09/15109-16.pdf
| access-date=2010-03-13 | doi=10.1002/scin.5591512706}}</ref> The title was changed to ''Science News'' with the March 12, 1966, issue (vol. 89, no. 11).<ref>{{Cite book| title=Science news| work=[[National Library of Australia]] online catalogue
| url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2334842/Details?&| access-date=2010-03-13 | publisher=Science Service| year=1966}}</ref>

Tom Siegfried was the editor from 2007 to 2012. In 2012, Siegfried stepped down, and Eva Emerson became the Editor in Chief of the magazine. In 2017, Eva Emerson stepped down to become the editor of a new digital magazine, ''Annual Reviews''. On February 1, 2018, Nancy Shute became the Editor in Chief of the magazine.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In April 2008, the magazine changed from a weekly format to a biweekly format, and the website was redeployed. The April 12 issue (Vol.173 #15) was the last weekly issue. The first biweekly issue (Vol.173 #16) was dated May 10 and featured a new design. The 4-week break between the last weekly issue and the first biweekly issue was explained in the Letter from the Publisher (p.&nbsp;227) in the April 12 issue.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In January 2025, the magazine began publishing on a monthly basis, with significant changes to style, format, and physical aspects.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shute |first1=Nancy |title=Editor's Note: Enter a new era for our storied magazine |url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/enter-new-era-for-our-storied-magazine |website=Science News |publisher=Science News |access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref>

==Departments==
The articles of the magazine are placed under "News":  
* [[Life]] 
* [[Matter]] and [[Energy]] 
* [[Atom]] and [[Cosmos]]
* [[Human body|Body]] and [[Brain]]
* [[Earth]]
* [[Genes]] and [[Cell (biology)|Cells]]
The articles featured on the magazine's cover are placed under "Features". The departments that remain constant from issue to issue are:
* Editor's Note—A column written by Eva Emerson, the magazine's editor-in-chief, that usually highlights the current issue's prime topics.
* Notebook—A page that includes several sections:
** Say What?—A definition and description of a scientific term.
** 50 Years Ago—An excerpt from an older issue of the magazine.
** Mystery Solved—An explanation of the science underlying everyday life.
** SN Online—Excerpts from articles published online.
** How Bizarre...—An odd or interesting fact that may not be well known to the magazine's audience.
* Reviews and Previews—A discussion of upcoming and recently released books, movies and services.
* Feedback—Letters from readers commenting on the recent Science News articles.
* Comment—An interview with a researcher.

==See also==
*[[Institute for Nonprofit News]] (member)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.sciencenews.org ''Science News''], the magazine's website
*[https://bookshop.org/shop/sciencenews Science News Magazine Bookshop], appears to be an outlet for books reviewed in the magazine

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