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Science News at the 2012 AAAS meeting
A round-up of Science News coverage of the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held February 16–20, 2012 in Vancouver, Canada.
- Health & Medicine
2012 AAAS Meeting
Highlights from the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Vancouver, February 16-20.
- Life
The bloom isn’t off this ancient plant
Using fruit found in Siberia’s permafrost, scientists grow oldest flowering specimen ever produced from preserved tissue.
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- Climate
Carbon dioxide breaking down marine ecosystems
Scientists capitalize on 'natural’ experiment to chronicle how ecosystems will change as oceans continue to acidify.
- Humans
Scientists probe terrorist talk on ‘Dark Web’
Mathematical tools can pry secretive terrorist communications in hidden sector of the Internet.
- Humans
Oceans set stage for human evolution
Temperature changes off the coast dried out East Africa and allowed grasslands to spread starting around 2 million years ago.
- Humans
Harsh conditions in childhood have long-term effects
Kids from Romanian orphanage also had lower volumes of gray matter.
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2012 AAAS Meeting
Highlights from the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Vancouver, February 16-20.
- Genetics
Crosses make lab mice even more useful
Scientists have bred new strains of lab animals with the goal of making it easier to tease out genetic components of complex diseases.
- Archaeology
Archaeoacoustics: Tantalizing, but fantastical
While compelling, findings lack scientific rigor.
