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It was a very big year in space exploration, from the James Webb Space Telescope鈥檚 dazzling images to the first Artemis launch that marked return to lunar exploration with the aim of returning humans to the moon. Back on Earth, we explained how Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine impacts global science, celebrated the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson and explored how the millions of people afflicted with long COVID struggle to find treatment. We also wrote the final chapters in our Century of Science project commemorating our centennial, and looked back at Science News’ first 100 years of pioneering science journalism.

We expanded our reach in media popular with young people by launching a and a new science comic, . The comic won the AAAS/Kavli gold award in science journalism for children, with judges praising it for explaining the scientific process 鈥渨ith a light touch, in a way that was both fun and hugely engaging for young people.鈥

 

 

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Climate-friendly agriculture offers new income sources and is more sustainable.

Mussels, millet, cassava and more are resilient, sustainable and nutrient dense.

Experts weighed in on the pros and cons of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act.

We expanded coverage of advances in biomedical research, including the link between the ; science edges closer to successful ; proof that even ; a child treated for a while still in the womb; and at last, the first .

Epstein-Barr viruses (red) emerge from an immune system B cell in this colorized electron micrograph. STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE SOURCE

We launched a new magazine! In May the Science News Explores print magazine debuted, created to help young people and their families follow their curiosity (and put down their phones). And we renamed the Science News for Students website Science News Explores, to reflect the broad appeal of articles such as the future of the ,听听补苍诲 听补苍诲聽.

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