Jan Elaine Soriano asked a question that researchers had struggled to answer for decades: What if the nervous system could be ...

The judging panel is selected by AAAS. The judges' decisions are final. Publishers of nominated books will agree to contribute up to 9 copies of the book for the judging process. In the event that a ...

The AAAS Council is the governing body responsible for overseeing the AAAS Fellows process, the Multidisciplinary Working Groups, Section business, and serving as a connective hub between governing ...

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 ...

The 2026 CASE Workshop will be held in person in the Washington, DC, area from April 12 - 15, 2026. Students interested in attending must apply for sponsorship through a sponsoring institution, which ...

The scientific community is talking about the need to embrace interdisciplinary research and education. Many individuals, programs, and institutions have made great advances in developing a variety of ...

The section steering committee comprises the secretary, chair, nominations/leadership development chair, membership engagement chair, early-career representative, non ...

With a majority of fellowship placements in the executive branch each year, fellows are impacting important public policies across a broad range of agencies and issues. While fellows in Congress are ...

The stakes are high and AAAS is working tirelessly to bring science-informed expertise to the public square. That’s because showing up, and speaking up, matters. SciLine, a free service for ...

More than 150 years ago, America faced a challenge that feels surprisingly familiar today. The nation’s largest workforce sector — agriculture — was at a crossroads and needed to modernize as ...

For his work in revealing the hidden role of the microbiota in mosquito-borne disease, Yibin Zhu, a research associate professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, is the winner of the 2026 ...

The AAAS Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement honors individuals who, during their career, demonstrate extraordinary leadership to increase the participation of women of all racial and ethnic groups; ...