news_20160425_humanrights_fullsize.jpg From left, moderator Louisa Greve, Ann Marie Clark, and Paul Gorski discuss evidence-based human rights movements at the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition meeting. | Andrea Korte/AAAS The application of scientific methods, research, and evidence to the...
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NOAA Head Illuminates Challenges of ‘Compact Between Science and Society’
The central role that science plays in the national conversation has brought new challenges for the field, said Kathryn D. Sullivan, who examined “the compact between science and society” in the William D. Carey Lecture on 14 April at the AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy. Sullivan has...AOL Co-Founder Steve Case Urges Entrepreneurs to Embrace Policymaking Process
It’s one thing to make a health or education app, but another thing to actually integrate it with hospitals and schools—that requires policymakers, AOL co-founder Steve Case said on 15 April at the 41 st annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy in Washington, D.C. Drawing on lessons from...AAAS CEO Holt and Others Challenge ‘National Interest’ Bill on NSF Research
A bill requiring all National Science Foundation grants to pass a “national interest” test could hamper the sort of curiosity-driven research that “at first might have seemed esoteric and hardly in the public interest, but ultimately advanced human quality of life,” AAAS CEO Rush Holt writes in a...Improving Sustainabilty Education in Haiti and Puerto Rico
news_20160413_haiti_fullsize.jpg Aerial imagery of Haiti, at left, depicts drastic deforestation compared to its neighbor to the east, the Dominican Republic | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Meeting the development needs of the present without affecting the ability...AAAS’ Covey Wins Lifetime Achievement Award for News Design
Rob Covey, the chief digital media officer of AAAS, has earned the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for News Design (SND). Covey was presented with the society’s highest honor at its annual workshop in San Francisco on 9 April. Covey was recognized as a leader, coach, talent scout,...Mandatory Spending Will Determine R&D Budgets
As federal science agencies continue to recover from the 2013 sequestration funding cuts, every major science agency’s budget is above or very near pre-sequestration levels in the current fiscal year. Yet the research and development funding request from President Obama for fiscal year 2017 is...AAAS Joins Call for Federal Gun Research
The AAAS has joined 140 medical, public health, scientific, and academic organizations in urging Congress to drop legislative language that has restricted research on gun violence through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate...AAAS Shares the Science of Fitness at White House Easter Egg Roll
More than 60 AAAS volunteers taught children and their families attending the 2016 White House Easter Egg Roll about the science of fitness. The event, held 28 March on the South Lawn of the White House, marked the seventh time that AAAS has joined with the National Parks Foundation, the official...<em>Science</em> Article Wins Newsbrief Award
Science has earned top honors for short-form science journalism from the D.C. Science Writers Association (DCSWA). The association’s Newsbrief Awards are the only awards to formally recognize excellence in short science journalism. The 2015 Newsbrief Award in the Writing category went to former...