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The latest photographs from Japan's Hayabusa2 mission suggest the asteroid may have formed during the early stages of the solar system in cataclysmic events.

The chemist, entrepreneur and former provost of Washington University in St. Louis has been named the 21st editor-in-chief of Science. His term will begin on October 28, 2019.

Drying due to rising air temperatures and a decline in the evaporation of the world’s oceans could further shrink forest and crop yields.

More than 30,000 years ago, Fincha Habera was home to Middle Stone Age foragers who feasted on the region’s plentiful giant-mole rats.

The prize recognizes the development of a noninvasive deep brain stimulation technique via light-controlled neurons.

Science in the Summer aims to get elementary school students excited about science and avoid the well-documented “summer slide” phenomenon.

The 2019–2020 Alan I. Leshner Leadership Institute for Public Engagement with Science fellows leverage their work to explore human augmentation from multiple scientific perspectives.

A new seminar series, hosted by the AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program, explores the neuroscience of addiction.

In a July 3 panel session, four recent winners of AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards shared their investigative methods for science reporting.

Alaska's LeConte Glacier is melting underwater at rates nearly a hundred times greater than what is currently estimated, according to a detailed sonar survey.

Accelerating clean energy innovation calls for examining all potential technologies and finding solutions responsive to the varying needs of each region of the United States and each economic sector, according to speakers at a AAAS symposium.

Cigall Kadoch's innovative work tracing how gene-regulating machines trigger the onset of rare forms of cancer has earned her the 2019 award.

The new assay called CompCyst could reduce the number of unnecessary surgeries for benign cysts by 75%.