2015 Annual Report

2015 ANNUAL REPORT | TABLE OF CONTENTS

2015 ANNUAL REPORT | TABLE OF CONTENTS

Science News | DECEMBER 26, 2015 PLUTO COMES INTO VIEW—COVER The New Horizons mission to Pluto (shown in false color) took the top spot on Science News’ list of the most important science stories of the year. Throughout 2015, SN kept readers abreast of the mission’s milestones, including live cover- age frommission control as the probe reached its destination. And in more than two dozen sto- ries, SN reporters explained how New Horizons’ voluminous amounts of data are redefining our understanding of the beloved dwarf planet.

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2 Letter fromH. Robert Horvitz, Chair 4 Letter fromMaya Ajmera, President 6 Society for Science & the Public 8 Intel Science Talent Search 10 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 12 BroadcomMASTERS

14 Society Advocates 15 Society Outreach 16 Alumni 18 Science News 22 Science News in High Schools 23 Science News for Students 24 Financials 26 Donors 30 Board of Trustees 31 Executive Team and Staff

Science News | JUNE 27, 2015 OCTOPUS SKIN CAN ‘SEE’

The California two-spot octopus (hatchling shown above) can detect light with its skin— no eyes or brain required—and respond with a color-change display. As bizarre as that feat sounds, it was not totally unexpected, as Science News explained. The story was just the latest in SN ’s ongoing coverage of visual experiments that are expanding how biologists define what it means to see.

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