Erin Wayman

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Managing Editor at Science News

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A ‘talking’ ape’s death signals the end of an era

2 weeks ago | sciencenews.org | Erin Wayman

Barbara J. King remembers the first time she met Kanzi the bonobo. It was the late 1990s, and the ape was living in a research center in Georgia. King walked in and told Kanzi she had a present. A small, round object created a visible outline in the front pocket of her jeans. Kanzi picked up a board checkered with colorful symbols and pointed to the one meaning “egg” and then to “question.” An egg? No, not an egg. A ball.
A long-awaited cancer treatment reaches patients

Aug 23, 2024 | sciencenews.org | Erin Wayman |Meghan Rosen |Tina Saey |Alex Fox

Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet's changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? Oncologist Steven Rosenberg of the U.S. National Cancer Institute became intrigued by the body’s potential for fighting cancer in 1968 after encountering a patient whose tumors spontaneously disappeared, presumably due to the immune system. It took decades to go from that kernel of an idea to the new TIL therapy.
How two outsiders tackled the mystery of arithmetic progressions

Feb 26, 2024 | sciencenews.org | Evelyn Lamb |Skyler Ware |Erin Wayman |Laura Sanders

Consider this sequence of numbers: 5, 7, 9. Can you spot the pattern? Here’s another with the same pattern: 15, 19, 23. One more: 232, 235, 238. “Three equally spaced things,” says Raghu Meka, a computer scientist at UCLA. “That’s probably the simplest pattern you can imagine.” Yet for almost a century, mathematicians in the field of combinatorics have been puzzling out how to know whether an endless list of numbers contains such a sequence, called an arithmetic progression.
Spiders that fall into water use reflected light to find land

Feb 16, 2024 | snexplores.org | Madeline Reinsel |Emily Conover |Betsy Mason |Erin Wayman

arachnid: A group of invertebrate animals that includes spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks. Many have silk or venom glands. biologist: A scientist involved in the study of living things. chemical: A substance formed from two or more atoms that unite (bond) in a fixed proportion and structure. For example, water is a chemical made when two hydrogen atoms bond to one oxygen atom. Its chemical formula is H2O.
In 2023, space missions explored the moon, asteroids and more

Dec 20, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Erin Wayman

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In 2023, space missions explored the moon, asteroids and more

Dec 19, 2023 | sciencenews.org | Erin Wayman

To the moon, asteroids and beyond, robotic explorers racked up the mileage in 2023. Here’s the latest status of space missions that made headlines this year. Update: There’s not much progress to report yet; it will take about eight years for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or Juice, to reach its destination. But once there, the spacecraft will fly by the Jovian moons Callisto, Europe and Ganymede numerous times before settling into orbit around Ganymede.
In 2023, space missions explored the moon, asteroids and more

Dec 19, 2023 | iverifyu.com | Erin Wayman

In 2023, space missions explored the moon, asteroids and morehttps://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/121623_YE_space_feat.jpg?fit=800,450&ssl=1 Erin Wayman is the managing editor for print and longform content at Science News. She has a master’s degree in biological anthropology from the University of California, Davis and a master’s degree in science writing from Johns Hopkins University. This post was originally published on Science News
Here are some of the biggest medical advances in 2023

Dec 14, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Erin Wayman

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Here are some of the biggest medical advances in 2023

Dec 13, 2023 | sciencenews.org | Erin Wayman

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Here are some of the biggest medical advances in 2023

Dec 13, 2023 | iverifyu.com | Erin Wayman

Erin Wayman is the managing editor for print and longform content at Science News. She has a master’s degree in biological anthropology from the University of California, Davis and a master’s degree in science writing from Johns Hopkins University.