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![The lower hemisphere of a fast-spinning Earth shown 2 hours after a giant impact. [CREDIT] Sarah T. Stewart](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121128025620im_/http://www.aaas.org/images/science_cover.jpg?version=20121126 "The lower hemisphere of a fast-spinning Earth shown 2 hours after a giant impact. [CREDIT] Sarah T. Stewart")
![ONLINE COVER An immunohistochemical image showing neurons (green) in the rat motor cortex transduced with a light-activated chloride pump called halorhodopsin (Wykes et al.). [CREDIT: L. MANTOAN AND D. KULLMANN]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121128025620im_/http://www.aaas.org/images/homepage/covers/trans_med_cover.jpg?version=20121126 "ONLINE COVER An immunohistochemical image showing neurons (green) in the rat motor cortex transduced with a light-activated chloride pump called halorhodopsin (Wykes et al.). [CREDIT: L. MANTOAN AND D. KULLMANN]")
![[IMAGE] A simplified p53 network and a representation of an attractor landscape. [Credit: Kwang-Hyun Cho, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121128025620im_/http://www.aaas.org/images/homepage/covers/signaling_cover.jpg?version=20121120 "[IMAGE] A simplified p53 network and a representation of an attractor landscape. [Credit: Kwang-Hyun Cho, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology]")
Latest News
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) [CREDIT] AJ Cann/Flickr.com](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121128025620im_/http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2012/images/sm/1126virus_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) [CREDIT] AJ Cann/Flickr.com")
Science: The Secrets of a Successful Virus
The human cytomegalovirus expresses a surprisingly complex set of proteins, which may account for its ubiquity and its effective manipulation of human cells during infection.
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Capitol Building [CREDIT] VisionsofAmerica/Joe Sohm/Getty Images](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121128025620im_/http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2012/images/sm/1121capitol_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Capitol Building [CREDIT] VisionsofAmerica/Joe Sohm/Getty Images")
Looming R&D Cuts Would Be "Devastating"
Unless lawmakers reach a compromise by year’s end, budget "sequestration" could inflict long-lasting damage on U.S. research, experts said at a AAAS Capitol Hill briefing.
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Concussion Scan
[Image courtesy of NINDS]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121128025620im_/http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2012/images/sm/1120concussion_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Concussion Scan
[Image courtesy of NINDS]")
Decoding the Mystery of Traumatic Brain Injury
As public concern grows over brain injuries suffered in sports and in battle, researchers at a forum co-sponsored by AAAS and the Foundation described the uncertain road to treatment.
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Experimental hafted points.
[Image courtesy of Jayne Wilkins]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121128025620im_/http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2012/images/sm/1115_spearhead_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Experimental hafted points.
[Image courtesy of Jayne Wilkins]")
A Surprising Timeline for Spear-Making Technology
Early humans were lashing stone tips to wooden handles to make spears and knives about 200,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new research in Science.
Science Policy
![[IMAGE] Gram stained cerebrospinal fluid showing gram-positive anthrax baccilli (purple rods). [CREDIT] Emerging Infectious Diseases/Wikimedia Commons](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121128025620im_/http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2012/images/sm/1112anthrax_sm.jpg "[IMAGE] Gram stained cerebrospinal fluid showing gram-positive anthrax baccilli (purple rods). [CREDIT] Emerging Infectious Diseases/Wikimedia Commons")
Tracking the Source of a Bioweapons Attack
Biosecurity experts at a AAAS “Global Challenges” event worried that, if the U.S. was hit by a biological weapon, tracking the source of the materials would be difficult, if not impossible.
Education
![[IMAGE] Smartphone [CREDIT] Nokia/Wikimedia Commons](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121128025620im_/http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2012/images/sm/1113smartphone_sm.jpg "[IMAGE] Smartphone [CREDIT] Nokia/Wikimedia Commons")
Active Explorer: The Smart Phone Gets Smarter
AAAS's Active Explorer project helps students and teachers harness the powerful set of data-collecting tools in smart phones to collaborate on creative, hands-on science projects.
International
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Racon signal. [Image: PD-USGOV-DHS-CG/Wikimedia Commons]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121128025620im_/http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2012/images/sm/1030cuba_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Racon signal. [Image: PD-USGOV-DHS-CG/Wikimedia Commons]")
Lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis
Fifty years after the historic U.S.-Soviet nuclear standoff, S&T and science diplomacy are increasingly important to arms control, said experts convened by AAAS and Georgia Tech.
Public Engagement
![[IMAGE] Award](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121128025620im_/http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2012/images/sm/1114_award_sm.jpg "[IMAGE] Award")
Winners Named in Science Journalism Awards
2012 winners of the annual AAAS Kavli awards focused on humans and their microbes, personal genomics, a monumental dam-removal project, and other cutting-edge science.
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