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“Write for Rights” Campaign Focuses on Scientists

[28 December 2012]
Participants at a AAAS event signed letters urging the release of unlawfully imprisoned scientists and engineers around the world, including physics student Omid Kokabee in Iran.
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How Did We Get Here?

[27 December 2012]
Students measure chimpanzee and human fossil skulls as part of their self-directed human evolution studies, in a course that won the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction.
[IMAGE] Candidate Higgs boson [CREDIT] ATLAS Experiment © 2012 CERN

Science’s Breakthrough of the Year

[20 December 2012]
The detection of the Higgs boson, hailed by Science as its 2012 Breakthrough of the Year, had a profound impact on the physics community and popular culture.
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How to Develop Science Diplomacy

[19 December 2012]
Completing its first year of publication, AAAS’s Science & Diplomacy explores a framework for building science diplomacy—and some compelling examples of success.
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Science Policy

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AAAS: Save Science from Fiscal Cliff

[19 December 2012]
AAAS is urging policymakers "to work together to achieve a bipartisan compromise that avoids the fiscal cliff" and preserves "crucial investments in science and technology."
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Education

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Parents, Demand that Your Schools Do Better

[13 December 2012]
In frank language, “A Letter on STEM Education to America’s Parents” warns that U.S. schools are falling behind. Parents should insist on improvements, it says.
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International

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Nancy Jackson Wins Science Diplomacy Award

[18 December 2012]
A leader in global chemical security, Jackson won the prestigious AAAS award for her work in preventing the theft of chemicals and for mentoring scientists worldwide.
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Public Engagement

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The Flame Challenge: What is Time?

[12 December 2012]
Actor Alan Alda and the Stony Brook University Center for Communicating Science challenge scientists to answer a fundamental question in a way that engages 11-year-olds.
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Special Offer: Introducing MemberCentral

MemberCentral is the Web site featuring benefits, content, and community only for AAAS members.
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Highlight: Sequestration: The Insider's Guide

Resources from the AAAS Office of Government Relations detail risks to the U.S. research enterprise.
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Highlight: Bring Your Skills to D.C.

Applications for the 2013-2014 class of Science & Technology Policy Fellows are due 5 December.
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