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The American Association for the Advancement of Science. Publishes Science magazine.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science. Publishes Science magazine.
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Ancient Babylonians Used Geometry to Track Jupiter. Left: Cuneiform tablet with calculations involving a trapezoid. Right: The distance travelled by Jupiter after 60 days, 10º45', is computed as the area of the trapezoid. The trapezoid is then divided into two smaller ones in order to find the time (tc) in which Jupiter covers half this distance.
[PC: Trustees of the British Museum/Mathieu Ossendrijver]
[PC: Trustees of the British Museum/Mathieu Ossendrijver]
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Happy 15th birthday, Wikipedia! We’re happy to announce that we will be holding 4 edit-a-thons at the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting. Learn how to edit Wikipedia pages and use your expertise to help improve scientific information on Wikipedia. No experience is necessary to participate in the edit-a-thon.
If you do have previous editing experience, help teach others during an edit-a-thon! If you are selected to be a moderator, you will receive free registration to the Annual Meeting, courtesy of the Simons Foundation.
If you do have previous editing experience, help teach others during an edit-a-thon! If you are selected to be a moderator, you will receive free registration to the Annual Meeting, courtesy of the Simons Foundation.
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How Epigenetics Can Affect Ants’ Behavior: A GIF to briefly capture results from Simola et al., where epigenetics changes to the brains of “soldier” ants caused them to behave more like “forager” ants.
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Algal Toxin Impairs Sea Lion Memory and Foraging. Pictured: a sea lion stranded with domoic acid poisoning.
[PC: The Marine Mammal Center]
[PC: The Marine Mammal Center]
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We asked Nicholas St. Fleur to tell us a story from the AAAS Annual Meeting. He told us about pocket whales!
Watch his story in our “Stories by You, Visuals by Us” series:
Watch his story in our “Stories by You, Visuals by Us” series:
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Clinical studies to combat viral infections, a new diabetes medication, and insights to cholera are among the many breakthroughs that got their start at scientific and technical conferences, #AAAS has reported.
#science #technology #collaboration #breakthrough
#science #technology #collaboration #breakthrough
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Want to see more #Science at South by Southwest? Vote for one of our panels in the SxSW Panel Picker:
Better than a Jetpack: Science's Next Decade
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Science + Religion + Art = Greatness?
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Making the Case for Global Science Engagement
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Closing the Innovation Deficit
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#SCIENCE: A Revolution in Science Communication
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Better than a Jetpack: Science's Next Decade
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/54188
Science + Religion + Art = Greatness?
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/53613
Making the Case for Global Science Engagement
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/51777
Closing the Innovation Deficit
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/49508
#SCIENCE: A Revolution in Science Communication
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/56090
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Shirley Malcom: Institutional Barriers to Equality Are 'Hobbling the Ability to Move Forward Together'
Institution leaders and others in the science community must do more to create welcoming environments for women, minorities, and other under-represented groups, and "call out unfairness whenever and wherever it appears," AAAS Director of Education and Human Resources Shirley Malcom wrote today in a Science editorial.
Institution leaders and others in the science community must do more to create welcoming environments for women, minorities, and other under-represented groups, and "call out unfairness whenever and wherever it appears," AAAS Director of Education and Human Resources Shirley Malcom wrote today in a Science editorial.
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From the bustling capital of Tokyo to the remote resort island of Okinawa, Japan's universities are speaking up about their contribution to science, and the world seems to be listening.
#science #communication #japan #EurekAlert #AAAS
#science #communication #japan #EurekAlert #AAAS
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