Turning a photographer's eye on raw data from space missions, Michael Benson has created stunning images of planetary vistas, displayed in a new exhibit at the AAAS Art Gallery.

New research in Science Translational Medicine demonstrates that gastric bypass surgery in mice dramatically altered their gut microbes, which may contribute to weight loss.

The U.S. government will likely invest approximately 6.9 percent less in federal R&D for the fiscal year 2013 than it did in 2012, according to an analysis by AAAS.

Cooperation between U.S. and Iranian health scientists has led to important health advances for both countries, according to the latest edition of Science & Diplomacy.

A six-legged robotic device can walk across a bed of loose sand and may help improve the performance of walking and roving robots, researchers report in Science.

With canny but kind feedback, judges at the 2013 Emerging Researchers National Conference helped aspiring scientists orally communicate their research.

Light from a planet known as HR 8799c, located 130 light-years from our sun, suggests it may have formed by a mechanism similar to the one that created our solar system's planets.

The third annual Climate Science Day brought climate scientists to congressional offices for relationship-building.

The Science Editor-in-Chief said scientists must be “highly suspicious” of their own results, and he called for data-sharing standards at an event on scientific integrity and transparency.

After years of debate, a new study in Science confirms that resveratrol, a compound found in the skin of grapes, can directly activate a protein that promotes health and longevity.

Scientists must take extra care to protect the rights of children involved in research, experts said recently at AAAS, but the definition of those rights is evolving rapidly.

A massive international study concludes that wild insects are twice as effective as managed honeybees at pollinating crops, and that their services can't be replaced by the bees.

Students use cameras onboard the Mars Odyssey orbiter to conduct original research about the Red Planet, in a program that won the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction.

At a recent Washington D.C. conference, researchers talked about the tools--from peer learning to online resources--that are transforming undergraduate science education.

Scaling up HIV antiretroviral treatments in the rural province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa has been worth the hefty price tag.

When asked what surprises them most about lead poisoning, experts at the AAAS annual meeting agreed: the misconception that we’ve gotten rid of it.

Electronic "tattoos" and neuroprosthetic devices could have remarkable benefits, but they may also lead to ethical, legal and social quandaries that should be discussed.

Wild weather events like Superstorm Sandy are the new normal in North America, as human-driven climate change has made these events more intense and frequent, researchers said at the AAAS Annual Meeting.

At the AAAS Annual Meeting, AAAS President William Press said the scientific community needs to make a more powerful and sophisticated case that researchers are “the geese that lay the golden eggs” and not “just another pig at the trough.”

New studies of the brainpower of our closest primate cousins reveal how chimpanzee cognition mirrors—and in some cases surpasses—the capabilities of the human brain, researchers said at the 2013 AAAS Annual Meeting.

Data collected by the Fermi Space Telescope provide conclusive evidence that supernovae are the source of cosmic rays, an international team of researchers reports in Science.

Baratunde Cola maintains an exceptional research record while partnering with high school and art students to explore the latest findings from the fields of nanotechnology and energy science.

Alley was recognized for his exceptionally effective efforts in communicating climate and polar ice science in television documentaries, books, congressional testimony, and school visits.

U.S. defense, academic, public health, high-tech, and science groups including AAAS are protesting automatic, broad-axe federal budget cuts set to take effect 1 March.

A team of Dutch researchers received the 2012 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize for their innovative approach to detect Majorana fermions, an exotic and elusive “quasiparticle,” in nanowires.

Discoveries about space exploration, great whales, tastier tomatoes and more are expected to draw as many as 10,000 attendees from 60 countries to the AAAS Annual Meeting.

Researchers have reconstructed the looks and lifestyle of the tiny, furry-tailed creatures, which likely gave rise to a variety of species after the extinction of the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago.

Jones was honored by AAAS for her outstanding scientific and technical achievements, and her lifetime of exemplary public service to government, professional institutions, academia, and industry.

Cato T. Laurencin was honored by AAAS for his transformative impact and scientific contributions toward mentoring students in the field of biomedical engineering.

A computer simulated heart, live images of coral reefs, and an animated “Velocity Raptor” were among the winning entries in the 2012 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.

Students have used the Genomics Explorers site, winner of the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction, to analyze the biofuel potential of the partridge pea, among other projects.

It’s the old question of “nature versus nurture,” but experts at a AAAS event said the answer is much more complicated when it comes to considering human behavior.

Fink, a pioneering molecular biologist and founding member of MIT’s Whitehead Institute, will begin his duties as the president-elect at the close of the 2013 Annual Meeting.