A new set of climate indicators is one of the ways that experts at the AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy are marshaling data to engage with the public on complex issues.

The findings suggest that the direction of the mental number line may have deep biological roots.

The widening rift between the left and right in American politics may be truly visceral in part, driven as much by subconscious predispositions among voters as by examination of the issues, according to a recent AAAS-organized panel discussion.

Researchers have been measuring and probing those hidden tendencies in recent years, speakers said, and political professionals are starting to exploit them in campaigns.

Computer models can be useful risk-assessment tools in the arena of nuclear proliferation, though even the most advanced cannot “predict” whether a given candidate country will try to develop nuclear weapons or not, nuclear engineer Man-Sung Yim told a Capitol Hill luncheon gathering organized by AAAS.

Juggling before live audiences is one of the ways that University of Washington researcher Eric Chudler sparks interest in the study of the brain.

“What is my brain doing that allows me to juggle?” he says he asks students at the school presentations he gives regularly.