American Association for the Advancement of Science

The aim of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is to advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people.

AAAS Member Spotlight Profiles

• Dean, Neuroscientist, Mentor: The Many Hats of Joanne Berger-Sweeney (July 2013)

• Sallie Watson Chisholm is Planting the Seeds of Science Literacy (September 2013)

• Use and Misuse of Jargon in Effective Science Communication (December 2013)

• Randy Buckner Wants to Know What Makes Us Remember (December 2013)

AAAS Member Central Blog

Conservation

• Sharks Gain International Protection (April 2013)

• Study: Great Barrier Reef Has Lost Half Its Coral (October 2012)

• Noise Pollution Also Threatens Fish (October 2012)

• Save the Whales, Shoot the Seagulls? (September 2012)

• Controversial Choice for Zoos: Birth Control or Euthanasia (August 2012)

• Lead Poisoning Still Threatens Endangered CA Condor (July 2012)

• Pakistan's Comeback Kid: The Wild Goat (July 2012)

• Cougars Re-establishing Populations Across the Midwest (July 2012)

• New Home for Rare Tuatara Reptiles (May 2012)

• Tracking Endangered Whales? There's an App for That (April 2012)

• The World's Largest Conservation Area (April 2012)

• Teaching Lions to Leave Livestock Alone (February 2012)

• Coral Embryos Frozen in Conservation Effort (January 2012)

• Conservation Success for Ozark Hellbender Salamanders (January 2012)

• Are We Saving Endangered Species? (November 2011)

• New Challenges to Saving the Honey Bee (November 2011)

• Tasmanian Devils Have a Fighting Chance Against Cancer (November 2011)

• Bats in Danger: A Response to White-Nose Syndrome (July 2011)

Animal Behavior

• Sniff Signals: Rats Communicate Social Status by Sniffing (March 2013)

• Monkeys Practice Deception to Conceal Infidelity (March 2013)

• World's Largest Collection of Animal Sounds Now Online (January 2013)

• Jays Switch Tactics Depending on Who's Watching (October 2012)

• To Coexist with Humans, Tigers Take to the Night (September 2012)

• Storm Petrel Seabirds Recognize Relatives By Smell (August 2012)

• Social Learning Helps Timid Fish Lose Their Shyness (August 2012)

• Vampire Jumping Spiders ID Mosquitoes by their Antennae (July 2012)

• Bowerbirds Cultivate Plants to Attract Mates (June 2012)

• Forget CAT Scans; Dog Scans Show Canine Brain Activity (May 2012)

• Orangutans are Engineers (May 2012)

• Cuttlefish Eyes See Polarized Light (April 2012)

• Mystery of Fish 'Scary Stuff' Solved (March 2012)

• Alex the Parrot's Final Experiment (March 2012)

• Dolphins Speaking Whale? (February 2012)

• The Omaha Tiger Project (September 2011)

• A Fishy New Tool User? (August 2011)

Ecology

• Biodiversity May Protect Against Disease (March 2013)

• Invasive Asian Needle Ants Thriving, Spreading in U.S. (March 2013)

• Are Domestic Cats Backyard Superpredators? (February 2013)

• Deadly Amphibian Fungus Found in Crayfish (January 2013)

• Worldwide Decline in Large, Old Trees Alarms Scientists (December 2012)

• Study: Carbon Buried in Soil Only There Temporarily (December 2012)

• Sharing Habitats Means Sharing Diseases (November 2012)

• Record Returns of Sockeye Salmon to Northwestern U.S. (August 2012)

• Hummingbirds, Lilies Thrown Off by Climate Change (June 2012)

• Pythons in the Florida Everglades (March 2012)

• Acoustic Ecology: Wild Sounds in Wild Places (September 2011)

Evolution

• 'Genetically Unique' Lions Discovered at Ethiopian Zoo (December 2012)

• Why We Need Insects: Hard Evidence of Evolution (November 2012)

• Peter Grant on Genomics, Evolution, and Darwin's Finches (September 2012)

• BPA Blurs Distinction Between Fish Species (August 2012)

• The Importance of the Naked Mole Rat Genome (November 2011)

Biology

• Buried Under the Ice, Ancient Microbial Life (December 2012)

• A Whale of a Discovery in New Zealand (November 2012)

• Whisker Movements in Rats Shape Brain Development (November 2012)

• Muscles Behind the Display of the Blue-Ringed Octopus (November 2012)

• Tongue-Eating Parasites Inspire a New Horror Movie (September 2012)

• Top Ten Newly Discovered Species of 2011 (June 2012)

• When Viking Mice Invaded Europe (April 2012)

• New Frog Species Discovered in Urban Jungle (April 2012)

• Supergiant Amphipods From the Deep Sea (March 2012)

• Proof of Extinct Galapagos Tortoises Found (January 2012)

• Scientists Discover Hybrid Sharks (January 2012)

• Reindeer Keep Their Cool While Exercising (December 2011)

• Staggering Numbers of Undiscovered Species (September 2011)

Policy

• NIH Retiring Most Research Chimps (February 2013)

• Sea Otters Free to Roam Down California Coast (January 2013)

• Is Chumming Leading to More Shark Attacks? (April 2012)

• New Limits on Chimp Research (December 2011)

• Crowd Funding Scientific Research (December 2011)

• Exotic Animal Tragedy in Ohio (November 2011)

• Racial Gap in NIH Grant Awards (September 2011)

• Survey: Most Americans Support Stem Cell Research (July 2011)

Science Education

• Zebrafish in K-12 Science Education (January 2013)

• Can Universities Still Produce Innovation? (October 2011)

• The 'Ph.D. Completion Project' (July 2011)

• An Experiment in How To Teach Future Doctors (June 2011)

History of Science

• The Legacy of Mary Anning, Lifelong Fossil Hunter (October 2011)

• Thylacine, a Species Lost Forever (October 2011)

• The Stanford Prison Experiment: 40 Years Later (August 2011)

• Discovering Sonar in Bats (June 2011)

Miscellaneous

• Looking for Signs of Lasting Toxicity After Gulf Oil Spill (February 2013)

• Bruce MacFadden and the Remains at Vero Beach (May 2012)

• A Star is Born: The First Images from ALMA (October 2011)

• Solar Bottle Bulbs Bring Light to Poor Communities (September 2011)

• Surviving Rabies is Now Possible (August 2011)