Globally, one-third of protected land is under intense pressure from road building, grazing, urbanization, and other human activities, according to a new study in the 18 May issue of Science.

Mammals have substantially smaller ranges in areas where human activity is high.

The Senate Committee bill and the version just passed by the House would both restrain aviation and highway R&D, and reject a request for high-speed rail technology research.

Funding in the current House bill is generally short of the President's request, but does grant some extra funding to the flagship technology initiative at the FAA.

Despite an explosion of research on the use of brain scans and other tools of science to help better determine a person’s guilt or innocence, experts at a AAAS-organized discussion said hopes that neuroscience might transform the legal system are unrealistic for now.

The United States is ill-prepared to defend its vital infrastructure against a cyber attack, a former top cybersecurity official said during a recent panel discussion at AAAS.

The United States is ill-prepared to defend its vital infrastructure against a cyber attack, a former top cybersecurity official said during a recent panel discussion at AAAS.