2018 Society Annual Report

SCIENCE NEWS MEDIA GROUP

SCIENCE NEWS | FEBRUARY 17, 2018 These two healthy baby macaques are the first primates to be cloned using the same technique that cre- ated Dolly the Sheep in 1996. More than 20 species of mammals have been cloned through somatic cell nuclear transfer since Dolly, but us- ing the technique to clone primates proved elusive. Cloning primates could help scientists study diseases in humans. QIANG SUN AND MU-MING POO/CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

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2018 NEWSROOM BY THE NUMBERS

29

cumulative years of editorial experience 430+

23 11

employees have advanced degrees

reporters on the beat

editorial staff employees

SN stories published SNS stories published 1,076 416 44% 70%+

of content had societal importance

of stories were on new discoveries

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