In the AAAS-Hitachi Lecture, Ernest Moniz of MIT says technology holds great promise but political and economic innovations may be in short supply.

Whether mentorships last years or even just a minute or two, they can have a lifetime value in supporting a woman’s career, seasoned professionals said at a recent NSF/AAAS workshop.

Looking to supercharge your job hunt? A new booklet by AAAS and Science Careers is full of career advice and tips to help you land a great new job.

The toxic waste created from discarded electronic devices, like old cell phones and mp3 players, can be very harmful to people and to the environment—and the United States need to take action now in order to prevent the problem from getting out of hand, researchers say.

The H1N1 flu virus poses a serious public health threat during the 2009 Hajj pilgrimage, but experts in Science Express outline certain safety measures that can minimize the risks.

Under an agreement signed Wednesday in Brussels, the EC's Joint Research Centre and AAAS will join on a range of collaborative projects over the next three years.

Sunburned? Pimpled? Tattooed? Thirteen public libraries will host public awareness events about skin health as part of the AAAS Skin Deep Project funded by Neutrogena.

Stanley Joel Reiser, a specialist on health policy and medical technology, tells a AAAS audience that health professionals focus too often on disease rather than on the patient.

While biofuels are an attractive global energy alternative to fossil fuels, expanded production can indirectly cause substantial greenhouse gas emissions, scientists say.

Climate-driven changes to the Arctic Ocean are making "ecological winners" out of the small guys in the region, the tiny, marine algae called picoplankton, scientists have found. These itsy bitsy organisms are less than 2 micrometers across, smaller than the naked eye can see.

With climate legislation pending, AAAS and 17 other organizations sent a letter to U.S. senators reaffirming the human causes of climate change and the need for dramatic action.

AAAS, Science, and Science Careers have launched online networks to provide career support for minority scientists and scientists working on cutting-edge medical therapies.

How did a cell biologist become the director of a New York City science film festival? John Bohannon of Science has the answers at his new blog, GonzoLabs.

Eighty researchers attended a recent Communicating Science workshop in Arkansas, through a program that has so far served 658 nationwide.

The division’s annual conference, “Astronomy and the Origin of Life,” will convene 24 October in San Juan, Puerto Rico, featuring Latin American researchers with global impact.

Sustainability is a critical concept in energy, the economy, and other fields. At a meeting of the AAAS Pacific Division, an unusual panel of scholars explored how to make it popular, too.

The young neurobiologist at the University of Lausanne has been honored with the 2009 grand prize for research on the molecular mechanisms of odor detection in insects.

A gene therapy approach tested in macaque monkeys shows promise for treating Parkinson's disease, according to new research published in Science Translational Medicine.

Gerald Epstein, a physicist and former White House science and security analyst, has joined AAAS as director of the Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy.

Chinese lasers appeared to cause a “sudden decline” in the effectiveness of several U.S. spy satellites three years ago. But at a AAAS briefing, experts said the case isn't that simple.

In the 2009 Barnard Lecture, AAAS Board Chairman James J. McCarthy detailed the importance of the IPCC and other global and regional climate assessment panels.

Four AAAS members are among the winners of Nobel Prizes in the sciences this year, including one who published key papers on his prize-winning work in Science.

New research in Science says patients with chronic fatigue syndrome may be more likely to harbor an infectious retrovirus in their blood cells. But does the virus causes the disease?

With growing interest in research that jumps from the lab to practical medical uses, the new journal from Science and AAAS will help speed basic advances into clinics and hospitals.

Speeding treatments from bench to bedside will require better communication between basic and clinical researchers—a key goal for the new AAAS journal, Science Translational Medicine.

New NIH Director Francis Collins and others will discuss the role of personalized medicine in health care reform at an October 26-27 event at AAAS headquarters in Washington, D.C.

About 65 million years ago, an asteroid struck the Earth and disrupted ecosystems around the world. Many of the creatures on the planet then died off and went extinct. This traumatic event is known as the K-T boundary or the K-T extinction event.

In a special issue of Science, researchers offer the first detailed description of Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia.