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By Rachael Lallensack
WASHINGTON — Scientists have confirmed what every backpacker already knows: the heavier the pack, the steeper the hill. Or at least, the steeper it appears.
Regulations still hold users of unpiloted aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to many of the same requirements that apply to pilots of crewed aircraft. The rules are about to change, but their impact is unclear.
To work toward clean energy, researchers are looting the toolbox of high-energy physics for new ways to measure phenomena under extreme conditions.
Jennifer Doudna, a pioneer of the genome editing technology known as CRISPR, has called for a more open dialogue about the technology's implications and future use.
Ten talented undergraduate students from across the United States and from Mexico City and Puerto Rico met in Washington D.C. Feb. 11-15 to report on the 2016 American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting.
Congratulations to this year's AAAS Undergraduate Travel Fellows. These undergraduate students, representing a diversity of educational institutions across the U.S.
Last May, when The Authors Guild launched its Fair Contract Initiative, the NASW board voted to add our name in support. As part of the initiative, last week The Authors Guild published an open letter to members of the Association of American Publishers demanding improved book-author contracts and requesting meetings with publishers to discuss “what publishers can do to ensure this business is fair and profitable for those who create the works that sustain it.” As co-signers of the letter, along with more than two dozen U.S. and foreign author groups, we urge you to learn more about the initiative and share the open letter.
Entries for the 2016 Science in Society Awards are closed. Winners will be announced in September 2016. Entries for next year's contest open in December 2016. Stay tuned to nasw.org/scienceinsociety.