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[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.
[PHOTOGRAPH] Nina V. Fedoroff

Fedoroff Named AAAS President-Elect

[4 March 2010]
Nina V. Fedoroff, S&T adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development, has been elected to serve as AAAS president in 2011.
[ILLUSTRATION] The minimum concentration of Arctic sea ice in 2005 occurred on September 21, 2005, when the sea ice extent dropped to 2.05 million sq. miles, the lowest extent yet recorded in the satellite record. [Caption and image courtesy of NASA]

Science: The Great Arctic Gas Leak

[4 March 2010]
Permafrost below the Arctic Ocean is releasing methane into the atmosphere at rates far higher than anticipated, possibly signaling dramatic climate consequences, researchers say.
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Science Policy

[PHOTOGRAPH] Concertina wire on the FAA airplane station [Photo courtesy of darinmarshall]

Human Rights Coalition Yields Early Impact

[25 February 2010]
Participants at a meeting of a pioneering AAAS coalition bridging science and human rights cited some of the program’s early successes putting science and scientists to work for society.
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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] Tobias Krantz [Photo by Pawel Flato, © of Swedish Government Offices, Ministry of Education and Research]

U.S., Europe Face a New World of Competition

[1 March 2010]
Tobias Krantz, Sweden’s minister for higher education and research, called on the United States and Europe to increase S&T cooperation and strengthen financial support for innovation.
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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: Science Classic

Individual AAAS members can read all of the Science archives back to 1880!
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AAAS is competing for an electric motorcycle commissioned by Siemens, featured on TLC’s “American Chopper.”
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