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- SCIENCE: vol 319, 21 March 2008 : Considering Science Education by Bruce Alberts: I consider science education to be critically important to both science and the world, and I shall frequently address this topic on this page. Let's start with a big-picture view. The scientific enterprise has greatly advanced our understanding of the natural world and has thereby enabled the creation of countless medicines and useful devices. It has also led to behaviors that have improved lives. The public appreciates these practical benefits of science, and science and scientists are generally respected, even by those who are not familiar with how science works or what exactly it has discovered... Download the full article in pdf format.
- IAP has produced a new brochure. Copies will be mailed to IAP Members. If you would like a copy, please contact the IAP Secretariat (iap@twas.org). A pdf file of the brochure is available for download here.
- Uganda National Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with NASIC (Network of Academies of Science of the Organization of Islamic Conference Countries), organized an international seminar on the ‘Fundamental Role of Science and Technology in Economic Growth and Development’, 12-13 December, 2007, Kampala, Uganda. For information, contact: paulnampala@unas.or.ug
- Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology dedicated a major part of its annual plenary session, 20-22 February 2008, to a discussion of the International Year of Planet Earth. Hubert Reeves, research director at Centre national de la recherche scientifique, lectured on “The Future of Life on Earth”. See: www.yearofplanetearth.org/