Coming to Grips with Bleak Budgets
[18 May 2012]
Universities and other research institutes must reexamine priorities and become more efficient in the face of budget crises, speakers said at the AAAS Forum on S&T Policy.

Spreading the Wealth at NIH
[17 May 2012]
In tough budget times, the U.S. National Institutes of Health is weighing options to improve the success rate for grant applicants, a top official reported at the AAAS Forum.

Blast Injuries Raise Risk of Brain Disease
[16 May 2012]
Veterans injured by blast explosions and athletes with a history of head trauma are at increased risk of a progressive brain disease, researchers report in Science Translational Medicine.

Festival Activities Engage the Senses
[15 May 2012]
AAAS hosted activities and stage shows—all focused on the five senses—at the 2nd USA Science and Engineering Festival held recently in Washington, D.C.

Being Good at Doing Good
[14 May 2012]
Engineering effective changes in the developing world takes more than money and technology, those who have tried said at a recent event held at AAAS.

Building Relationships Based on Science
[11 May 2012]
Sharing scientific expertise with other nations brings benefits to the U.S., too, E. William Colglazier, the S&T adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State, told a AAAS audience.

Science: Earliest Known Maya Astronomical Calendar
[10 May 2012]
A painted room in a 9th century Maya house in Guatemala shows numerical records of lunar and possibly planetary cycles, making the calendar several centuries older than the Maya Codices.

Seeking Secure Labs on Campus
[9 May 2012]
In a report released by AAAS, universities and the FBI explore ways to ease the fiscal and administrative burdens of campus labs as they comply with new biosecurity recommendations.

Entry Point! Founder Honored by the White House
[8 May 2012]
The White House recognized Virginia Stern, founder of the AAAS Entry Point! program, for four decades’ of work to increase opportunities for science students with disabilities.

Polarized Politics: How Did We Get This Way?
[8 May 2012]
The answer may lie, in part, in voters’ psychological and biological tendencies that researchers are starting to understand, speakers said at the AAAS Forum on S&T Policy.

U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith: Tight Budget, Good Science
[7 May 2012]
Speaking at the AAAS Forum on S&T Policy, the influential GOP congressman pointed to bipartisan support for research. But, he says, deficits will require compromise.

Experts Explore Innovation, Jobs, and Wealth
[4 May 2012]
Technology creates wealth, but it has not increased the percentage of working-age people with jobs, while “toxic thinking” hinders innovation, speakers said at the annual AAAS Forum.

Science: No Worst-Case Scenario for Rising Seas
[4 May 2012]
Based on a study of Greenland’s major glaciers, researchers say seas could rise significantly over the next century, but probably not by 2 meters as projected in some earlier studies.

Junipers Marching into the Prairie
[2 May 2012]
A shrubby invasion of junipers poses a significant threat to the ecosystems of the Great Plains, scientists said at the AAAS Southwestern/Rocky Mountain Division meeting.

Cuban, U.S. Scientists Find Mutual Interests
[1 May 2012]
U.S. researchers who have made recent science diplomacy visits to Cuba see strong reasons to pursue joint work on oceans, weather, malaria, and other areas.

Golden Goose Award to Celebrate Basic Science
[30 April 2012]
A bipartisan team of lawmakers, backed by science, business, and education leaders—including AAAS— launched a new award to herald the important contributions of basic scientific research.

Student Inventions Solve Global Health Challenges
[30 April 2012]
A Rice University class that inspired a infant rehydration device and a salad-spinner centrifuge, among other inventions, is the winner of Science’s Inquiry-Based Instruction Prize.

A Continuing Commitment to Science Investment
[27 April 2012]
Despite a tough economic outlook, President Obama remains committed to science and science education, top adviser John P. Holdren said at the AAAS Forum on S&T Policy.

What Can We Learn from the Octopus?
[27 April 2012]
Organisms, including the octopus, face security challenges in nature, and humans have a lot to learn from their responses to those challenges, ecologist Rafe Sagarin said at a AAAS event.

Science: Following Europe’s First Farmers
[26 April 2012]
DNA recovered from the remains of four Stone Age humans excavated in Sweden is helping scientists understand how agriculture spread throughout Europe some 5000 years ago.

Science: To Age Well, Let Go of Regret
[19 April 2012]
One of the keys to aging in an emotionally healthy way is to let go of regrets about missed opportunities, a new brain imaging study of young and older adults suggests.

U.S. Federal R&D Budget Battles Loom
[18 April 2012]
The U.S. House of Representatives’ FY2013 budget, though unlikely to gain Senate approval, sets a baseline for deep cuts to appropriations for energy and other non-defense federal R&D.