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AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh testified before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee about what’s at stake by slashing federal R&D ...
AAAS Members have been sharing their feedback and Science listened. Starting with the May 1 issue, the print edition debuts a ...
The 2025 update to the U.S. R&D and Innovation in a Global Context report relies primarily on new data from the Organisation ...
Seventeen early-career scientists will translate complex research into compelling stories for the public as 2025 AAAS Mass Media Fellows this summer. Fellows are placed at media outlets across the ...
Annie Jump Cannon was an astronomer, suffragist, and photographer. Nearly deaf for much of her life, Cannon is credited with the invention of the Harvard spectral classification system, which assigns ...
Invention and Impact: Building Excellence in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education The Invention and Impact proceeding highlights recent innovations in ...
All commonly used medical radioisotopes can be produced without using nuclear reactors or enriching uranium, or can be replaced with other isotopes that can be produced without a fission reaction, or ...
Dr. Iris R. Wagstaff is a chemist, educator, mentor, researcher, DEI consultant and science policy advisor. She currently serves as a STEM Program Director in the Center for STEMM Education & ...
Science advocacy is a broad field that everyone can participate in, no matter their background. Whether you are a researcher interested in advocating for an issue important to you, a student who wants ...
Priya Shete, a medical doctor and a 2010-12 S&T Policy Fellow at USAID in the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, uses her medical background to advise on policy issues. She provides technical ...
This paper examines three interrelated issues concerning several aspects of minority well-being and social justice: (1) the way in which Israel’s Arab citizens have been marginalized systematically ...
The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program (STPF) provides an opportunity for accomplished scientists and engineers to contribute to the policymaking process. The program fosters ...