# American Association for the Advancement of Science **Also:** AAAS **Domain:** Scientific Institutions / Publishing / Public Science **Doc Type:** Institution Node The **American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)** is a multidisciplinary scientific society and the publisher of _Science_. It convenes researchers across disciplines and supports science communication, education, and policy. ## STEVE Context [[Project Steve]] debuted during the 2003 AAAS annual meeting in Denver after a lecture by [[Lawrence Krauss]]. The kilosteve was later celebrated during the 2009 AAAS meeting in Chicago. ## Routes [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] · [[Project Steve]] · [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] ## Official Link - [AAAS](https://www.aaas.org/) ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “American science in the near half-century since has done wonderful things—but we train fewer scientists every year, we can't fill secondary school classrooms with trained science teachers, we cannot support the building of research facilities in our universities, and the mass media and the houses of congress are full of scientific illiterates. Scientific research will not fix all humankind's problems—but so far it has made us healthier, better fed, more prosperous, and better able to achieve the potential of human intelligence and human society than my grandfather's generation could have imagined.” > **— James J. O'Donnell**, *2003, Edge Annual Question, “WHAT ARE THE PRESSING SCIENTIFIC ISSUES FOR THE NATION AND THE WORLD, AND WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE ON HOW I CAN BEGIN TO DEAL WITH THEM? - GWB”* [[reminders/Scientific Literacy/Scientific Research Has Made Humanity Healthier and More Prosperous by James J. O'Donnell|Scientific Research Has Made Humanity Healthier and More Prosperous by James J. O'Donnell]]