Topic: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Steve Schneider

MARK TWAIN had it backwards,” Steve Schneider joked, in a lecture he gave to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in...

Innovation and Child's Play: Those Wild and Crazy Engineers

Back in the 1950s when coonskin caps and hoola hoops were all the rage, it was almost cliché to hear that children played "cowboys and Indians." As...
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Editorials: To sign or not?

Only a few major journals continue to print anonymous editorials representing a publication's point of view. Most opt instead to run articles...

Poverty in childhood can shape neurobiology: study

Living in poverty can shape the neurobiology of a developing child "in powerful ways", affecting children's behavior, health and how well they do later in life, a study presented here Sunday shows.US researchers found what they called "a biology of ...
Teens who sleep fewer than seven hours per night are more likely to use illegal drugs, according to a study released Sunday.The research also found a link between a lack of sleep and the likelihood of illegal drug use, which can ...
<div id="subtitle">Researchers say aggressive, early anti-viral therapy might help derail the spread of AIDSA successful AIDS vaccine remains elusive, but researchers say aggressive, early anti-viral therapy might provide a way to derail the spread
US researchers have developed a new way of tracking and fighting cancer, using patient-specific biomarkers from the DNA of individual cancer tumors, a study published Thursday showed.Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore used genetic sequ
Sea lions with epilepsy, a car that earns money for its driver, dolphins and climate change: all are on the agenda Thursday as scientists kick off a major meeting that aims to take science to the people."The conference is like the ...
A US delegation led by a Nobel laureate arrived in North Korea Thursday for a rare trip focused on science cooperation, a US scientific society said.The non-governmental group led by Peter C. Agre, a Nobel laureate in chemistry, will stay in ...