A statistics professor, a computational biologist, and two professional science communication researchers walked into a bar — or, rather, connected over Zoom at the 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting to explore evidence that humor empowers science communication.
What would you do if the power went out? Our lives are increasingly reliant on technology; our work and our social lives often require access to the internet. Lights, televisions, and refrigerators require electricity to run. These devices, and the power grid as a whole, are subject to a major threat society is not totally prepared for: the Sun’s bad behavior.
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The human brain is wired to communicate. Three projects have exposed new details about the impacts of signing on the brain.
NASW's Education Committee paired students with professional science writers for a mentorship program held in conjunction with the virtual AAAS 2022 Annual Meeting.
Psychedelic therapies such as psilocybin and MDMA may one day help people recover from severe depression, trauma, and substance abuse, but scientists are struggling to access them for studies due to strict regulations.
Severe winter storms slammed into Texas a year ago, causing the worst energy infrastructure failure in state history. During a Feb. 20 virtual panel at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, three experts weighed in on what grid resilience means, how we improve resiliency, and how we enact these changes in an equitable way.
The dark depths of our ocean remain largely unexplored, making it one of the most mysterious and poorly understood regions on Earth. An aeronautical engineer at the California Institute of Technology thinks he’s discovered the perfect way to take the plunge – cyborg jellyfish.
Amid widespread promotion of vaccination against COVID-19, researchers have found a way to draw on the science of inoculation to combat misinformation.