When a naked mole-rat meets a sneaky sea worm

摘要

What do naked mole-rats and ancient sea worms have in common? Quite a bit, which is why they're sharing real estate on Page 8 of this issue. One of my favorite parts of editing Science News is reading page proofs, one of the last steps in the long magazine production process. Even though I know what's going into the magazine and have read the articles before, it's still like opening up a surprise gift to see the pages come together. It's the work of dozens of people, a process that starts when writers pitch ideas for news and feature articles. News stories get published first on the Science News website, and there are many more than we can fit in a magazine. So it's up to managing editor Erin Wayman to choose the ones that will go into print. She looks for the most important or intriguing science of the previous two weeks, and aims for reporting across the fields of science, from artificial intelligence to zoology.