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Science Future for January 2, 2010

January 13–16Members of several mathematical societies meet for a joint conference in San Francisco. See www.ams.org January 20–22Experts in various disciplines meet in Washington, D.C., to discuss greening the economy. See ncseonline.org/conference/greeneconomy January 27 Intel Science Talent Search finalists are announced. See www.societyforscience.org

Letters

Outsized beaver Accompanying your recent article about giant extinct beavers (“Ancient beavers did not eat trees,” SN: 11/21/09, p. 10), there is an illustration that seems to show that the extinct beaver was about twice the length of a present-day beaver. I measured each from nose to the base of the tail rather than to […]

STEM talent: Moving beyond traditional boundaries

Our future belongs to a new breed of science, technology, engineering and math talent — decidedly different minds that will use the transformative power of science and technology to advance the human condition.