News Q&A in 2017

An expert from a nuclear-test-monitoring system explains how his team is trying to help in the search for the ARA San Juan.

Guido Rasi says that ensuring the safety of drugs could be compromised.

Hany Farid discusses how to detect image manipulations — and the increasing sophistication of forgers.

Cybercrime researcher Gianluca Stringhini explains how he studies hate speech and fake news on the underground network 4chan.

Mark Walport will be the first head of a £6-billion “super-agency”.

Michael Eisen hopes a victory in 2018 will bring a new scientific voice to the US legislature.