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[PHOTOGRAPH] Cassini took this dramatic time-color image from right above Saturn’s north pole in 2007, when the Sun was shining on the opposite (south) face of the rings causing the less-dense rings to look brighter than the more-dense rings. [Image courtesy of NASA/JPL/CICLOPS]

A Closer Look at Saturn and its Rings

[19 March 2010]
Data from the Cassini spacecraft is bringing the planet Saturn and its extensive ring system into clearer focus than ever before, researchers say in Science.
[PHOTOGRAPH] The U.S. Capitol as seen from the Newseum building [Public Domain by Jorge Gallo]

Shifting Priorities in 2011 U.S. R&D Budget

[18 March 2010]
President Obama’s proposed budget shifts R&D funds from security and defense to energy, health, education, and basic science, AAAS analyst Patrick Clemins said on Capitol Hill.
[ILLUSTRATION] A portion of the cover of “Atlas of Science Literacy, Vol. 2” showing directional arrows across a gradient

Taking Science Education to the Next Level

[18 March 2010]
AAAS’s Project 2061 is offering workshops through 2010 for educators who want to use the Atlas of Science Literacy, the pioneering, standards-based science teaching tool.
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Science Policy

[PHOTOGRAPH] Missile launch [Public domain image courtesy of the U.S. Army]

The Role of Science in Nuclear Disarmament

[16 March 2010]
Scientists should cooperate on arms control technology and build toward future creation of disarmament laboratories, the Royal Society and AAAS say in a new briefing paper.
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Education

[PHOTOGRAPH] The Grand Canyon

Geoscience Web Site Awarded Science Prize

[26 February 2010]
Minnesota’s Carleton College hosts the winning site, highlighted in Science, which provides a forum for teachers of earth science to trade their best ideas.
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International

[PHOTOGRAPH] The coat of arms of North Korea

Engaging North Korea—A Success Story

[9 March 2010]
A new science and technology university in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, founded by James Kim, shows the potential for a relationship with a nation often seen as isolated.
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Public Engagement

Alice S. Huang

Alice S. Huang: Passion, Freedom, and Science

[26 February 2010]
The distinguished virologist and new AAAS president says it’s important to convey the passion and idealism of science to young students, voters—and even to foreign leaders.
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Special Offer & Highlight

Special Offer: Science Classic

Individual AAAS members can read all of the Science archives back to 1880!
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Highlight: AAAS R&D Budget Analysis

President Obama has sent his science and technology budget to Congress. What happens next?
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