The Golden Goose Award, which spotlights obscure, silly sounding or odd fundamental discovery research that has led to outsized societal benefits, has announced awardees for the 15th annual season.

Complete political control over U.S. biomedical research, whether by Executive Order or OMB regulation, would harm patients, damage the economy, and turn science from an engine of progress for all ...

The AAAS Board of Directors, begun as the Policy Committee in 1895, renamed the Executive Committee in 1920 and again as the Board in 1952, is the legal representative of the association and conducts ...

In honor of AAAS turning 178, we ask you to mark the occasion by making a gift to AAAS today. Your support will bolster our work to protect and strengthen the scientific enterprise at this critical ...

The AAAS EPI Center builds trusted relationships between scientists and decision makers at all levels of government to facilitate access to and use of scientific information in public policy. While ...

Kirk Bloodsworth, the first American on death row to be exonerated by DNA evidence, said he "never really imagined how science would help me in my life" until he found himself facing the death penalty ...

Science is US, a foundation-supported initiative housed within the American Association for the Advancement of Science, published a new study, Science at Work: The People and Industries Powering ...

In the hunt for a remedy, when the baton is passed from dedicated academic scientists to an innovative company to trusted community advocates, outcomes for society can be especially powerful. Today, ...

* Includes Dept. of Defense, National Nuclear Security Administration, FBI, and DHS CISA. All figures rounded to the nearest million. Changes calculated from unrounded figures. Data on R&D in the ...