Chad Mirkin, director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern University, is the winner of the Abelson Prize, presented by AAAS to a scientist or public servant who has contributed significantly to the advancement of science in the United States.
Stories about the hidden creatures in our homes, a guide to the secret lives of owls, an illustrated tale of the evolutionary impacts of humans on animals and a hands-on history of codes and cryptography have earned the 2020 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books.
The growing use of artificial intelligence in society, how math can help address political gerrymandering, the ethics of human gene-editing, and the spread of infectious disease among ocean organisms will be discussed at the 2020 AAAS Annual Meeting.
