Common ground: Religion and science team up to fight climate change
Experts describe the various approaches faith-based communities are taking to address climate change and protect natural resources.
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Coverage begins in 2006 for the ScienceWriters meeting and 2009 for the AAAS meeting. To see programs for past ScienceWriters meetings, go to the ScienceWriters meeting site.
Climate change is driving marine disease outbreaks that endanger starfish, wild salmon and other species
Heat spikes are fueling disease outbreaks in keystone marine species like sea stars.
Beauty in Balance: Perceptions of beauty rely on a mix of the usual and the unexpected
Beauty — whether of faces, fashion or functional objects — is a study in contrasts, a happy medium between what the brain recognizes as average or usual, and what it sees as unique.
Missing the grasses for the trees: Reforestation threatens grassland ecosystems
Tree-planting efforts might be destroying historic landscapes around the world.
From farm to fork: Crop diversification initiatives show promising future for sustainable agriculture
To bring large quantities of favorite foods to the kitchen table, many farmers focus their efforts on cultivating a single crop. But the practice of single-crop farming endangers ecosystems across the globe, threatening future food supply.
Music to the ears might be balm for the brain
Studies show that music therapy, listening to or playing music to improve health, decreases symptoms of depression, improves memory, and increases quality of life in people with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.
Policymakers regulating e-cigarettes, marijuana before the evidence is in, scientists say
Neuroscientists emphasized the need for studies of effects on the brain to guide drug policy, during a Feb. 14 panel at the 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting.
Solar geoengineering researchers debate shielding Earth from the sun
Our ailing planet’s temperature is climbing, and its seas are rising as well. New experimental treatments could help manage these symptoms of climate change. But if the leaders of Earth’s nearly eight billion residents cannot agree on a course of action, global conditions will only deteriorate.
Cancer biology and neuroscience students are first Graduate Travel Fellows to AAAS
Selected from a pool of almost 30 well-qualified applicants, Claudia Lopez-Lloreda, a neuroscience Ph.D. student at the University of Pennsylvania and Calley Jones, a cancer biology Ph.D. student at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, make up the inaugural class of NASW Graduate Travel Fellows to the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held Feb. 13-16.