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Election: Energy & Environment
Science & Technology Policy Fellows Prepare for Cultural Shift
Fellows Will Bring Scientific Approach to Federal Policymaking
States Lean In on R&D
As federal spending remains tight, AAAS is helping some states make the most of their own R&D programs.
Researchers at AAAS Arctic Meeting Show How Energy Innovation Benefits the Alaskan Bush

DILLINGHAM, Alaska—Tom Marsik and Kristin Donaldson are building a house a few minutes’ drive from the center of this small city, a two-story model with peat-brown vinyl siding that blends easily with the yellows and golds of the tundra in early autumn. The location is stunning, but it’s only from the inside that you see the building’s defining characteristic: White-painted walls that are more than two feet thick.