Using exquisitely precise methods to measure how memories are embedded in brain cells in mice, scientists have shown how fear-based memories prompted by the sound associated with an electric shock can be activated and erased.
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Effective Management Can Navigate Climate Impacts on the Fisheries
BOSTON – Fisheries around the world are likely to come under increasing pressure from climate change. But effective, cooperative management approaches can blunt the projected impacts on both fish stocks and on the billions of people who depend on them – and in some cases even improve the health of...Programs Combat Bias, Boost STEM Success for Targeted Students
News_0128_ImplicitBias_full1.jpg During an Annual Meeting session, experts discussed the impacts of implicit bias on diversity in university STEM programs. | Ashley Gilleland/AAAS Several research universities are leveraging targeted programs and data analysis to improve the representation and...All Age Groups Marvel at Family Science Days Exhibits
Children experienced science first-hand through hands-on experiments and demonstrations during the Annual Meeting’s Family Science Days. | Carla Schaffer/AAAS BOSTON – Pharah Marcellus watched her seven-year-old daughter, Maya, bob excitedly around a micro-satellite display, one of more than 30...False Information Labeled “A Cancer” On Enlightened Democracy
Examples of “fake news,” such as a report that Pope Francis had endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, are the equivalent of a bad cold in the body politic, says Dan Kahan, a professor of law and psychology at Yale University. But much more troubling, he told a session of the 2017 AAAS...Energized Scientists at AAAS Annual Meeting Aim to Defend Science
The political climate in the United States has placed the legitimacy of science itself under a microscope and surfaced unusual hostility toward the scientific process, say researchers attending the 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting.Naomi Oreskes: Should Scientists Serve as Sentinels?
Naomi Oreskes has a question for scientists that many have been asking themselves already: should they speak up on politically sensitive topics, or should they let the facts of their research speak for themselves? In her plenary address at the 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting, Oreskes said facts alone do...Technology Empowers Parents to Minimize the Word Gap
News_0217_Vocab_full.jpg During an Annual Meeting session, experts discussed their efforts to increase the number of words heard by children in low-income households. | Ashley Gilleland/AAAS BOSTON — Efforts to close the word gap — the vast difference in the number of words heard by children from...Science Policy Faces Uncertainties Under New Administration
These are uncertain times for government support of scientific research, even as the role of science in informing policy has never been more important. That was the core message that emerged from a wide-ranging session at the 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting on the prospects for science policy under the...Robotic and Cyber Systems Help Elderly Retain Health, Independence
News_0217_Robot_full.jpg Researchers discussed the potential of robots to serve as coaches and companions to the elderly, during an Annual Meeting session. | USC Viterbi School of Engineering Even as robots are increasingly able to drive our cars, clean our homes and help us care for our children...