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The Science Inside Alcohol: Educational Materials
Experts Discuss Role of Cooperation, Creativity in Human Evolution

The presentation was part of the Holiday Lecture series, presented by the AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion program. During the event, Fuentes and Ron Cole-Turner explored the role of cooperation and creativity in human evolution.

AAAS calls for a better understanding of the root causes of gun violence by freeing up research funding for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As Legal Use of Marijuana Spreads, Researchers Seek to Better Assess the Risks and Benefits
Wider teen access to the drug is at issue, given concerns about its impacts on the developing brain.
AAAS Advises UNESCO on Updating 1974 Recommendation on Scientific Researchers
Experts Tout the Benefits of Social Science Research for Government Policy
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Arthur Lupia, explaining how social science research can inform government policy,
asks “which evaluations we should believe?” [AAAS/Robert Beets]

AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy Welcomes Security and Public Health Expert David Hamburg

Psychiatrist-physician David A. Hamburg, a winner of the 1996 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award of the United States, has agreed to join AAAS as a visiting scholar within the AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy (CSTSP) and the International Office.

Before Spring Break, Explain the Science of Why Girls Can’t Drink Alcohol Like Boys

Spring break season is here and many teenage girls may be tempted to take their first drink. The AAAS Science Inside Alcohol Project suggests that parents, teachers and caregivers help girls delay that drink by telling them of scientific research that shows they may be more vulnerable than boys to alcohol-related problems.