• Cutbacks to basic science threaten future innovation

    May 22, 2013
    A trend in the U.S. and Canada, prioritizing industry-focused science more highly than basic research, is short-sighted, writes AAAS CEO Alan Leshner. Read More

  • Career exploration resources for grad students and postdocs

    May 22, 2013
    Here are some excellent web-based resources for graduate students and postdocs who want to explore their nonacademic career options. Read More

  • A preview of the National Climate Assessment

    May 22, 2013
    AAAS Fellow Susan Hassol is helping edit the upcoming National Climate Assessment report. She gave us a preview of what the new report will say about our efforts to mitigate climate change. Read More

  • AAAS Fellow Lisa Lucero: Mayan pyramid now a road

    May 20, 2013
    With the destruction of the Nohmul pyramid in Belize, a part of history has been forever erased and replaced by a road, according to AAAS Fellow Lisa Lucero, an anthropology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who conducts research in Belize on the Maya. Read More

  • A look at the NIH sequestration policies

    May 20, 2013
    The NIH has announced how its policies and grant awards will change after sequestration cut the NIH budget by 5%. Although a 5% cut doesn't seem like a lot, it will hurt the many scientists who rely on grants from the NIH for their jobs and it will hurt the future of disease research across the US. Read More

  • Finding your way with John Huth

    May 17, 2013
    After kayaking in dense fog, AAAS member and Harvard professor John Edward Huth realized how out of touch many are with their surroundings. His book, The Lost Art of Finding Our Way, examines ancient means of navigation and inspires people today to get around without their smart phones. Read More

  • AAAS Featured

    Wallpaper: Iceberg
    May 3, 2013
    In need of a new photo for your desktop? We have one for you! The great ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are huge piles of old snow compressed to ice, and spreading under their own weight. They grow by snowfall on top, and shrink by melting around the sides and by formation of icebergs in marginal seas.

    AAASLocal: Munich

    Our special guest speakers for this May 27 event are AAAS Fellow Peter Wilderer, an environmental engineer (Emeritus) at Technische Universität München,and AAAS member Ombeline Rossier, a microbiologist at the Max von Pettenkofer-Institute, University of Munich.

    AAASLocal: Berlin

    Our special guest speakers for this May 30 Berlin event are AAAS members Klaus Affeld and Udo Heinemann. Affeld is the founder of the Biofluid Mechancis Lab at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Heinemann is a professor of molecular medicine at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Macromolecular Structure and Interaction.

  • AAAS BLOGS

    Politicization of science challenges teaching methods
    Many politicians use science to back up their arguments and policies. However, sometimes they use incomplete studies or disproved research. Increasingly science is being politicized, which can affect how teachers present it to students.
    Peter Peregrine unravels cultural mysteries
    “My interest is in cultural evolution,” says AAAS Fellow Peter Peregrine, “which is one basic question: Why aren’t all cultures the same? And from that: What explains variations in cultures?” His current project involves testing models of physical and biological systems to see if similar patterns occur in cultural evolution over time.
    Behind the lens of an insect photographer
    Alex Wild became an insect photographer by accident, but it forced him to quickly learn about copyright laws and how to protect his work. Today he loves his unconventional science career, and has some tips for all scientists looking to improve their presentations with nice images.

  • From The CEO's Desk

    • Long-term consequences of sequestration
      Advocacy in the face of serious challenges cannot be planned or budgeted in advance. Your philanthropic support gives us the flexibility to speak up when our input is needed most. Please take a moment and be a part of this important work by making a tax-deductible gift to the AAAS Flexible Action Fund today.
    • Future of science at risk
      It seems inevitable that there will be reductions in federal spending, but will these cuts be allocated in a way that devastates science research and education, threatens future economic growth, and erodes America’s competitiveness in the world?

  • AAAS News

    CIFAR's call for research proposals

    The Canadian Institute For Advanced Research, or CIFAR, is currently sending out a global call for researchers to submit research proposals. This new approach is aimed at encouraging the scientific community to bring forth a question worth exploring, and not just any question, CIFAR asks “Do you have a question with the potential to change the world?” »

    AAAS Fellow Alan P. Boss: Kepler breakdown a sad day
    AAAS Fellow Lisa Lucero: Mayan pyramid now a road
    AAAS member Tee L. Guidotti receives Knudsen Award

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