Non-profit organisation Science Service, US, has been re-launched under the name Society for Science & the Public (SSP). Established in 1921, SSP is a leading advocate for the understanding and appreciation of science. Under the new name, the organisation will continue to own and administer the world's leading pre-college science competitions and publish the award-winning magazine Science News.
Published since 1922, Science News is a weekly newsmagazine covering important and emerging research in all fields of science. It publishes concise, accurate, timely articles that appeal to both general readers and scientists, reaching nearly 130,000 subscribers and more than one million readers weekly. SSP's science programmes include the world's preeminent science competition for high school students: the Intel Science Talent Search, whose alumni have gone onto receive the world's top science honors, including six who have won the Nobel Prize. Until 1998, the Intel STS was known as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search.
The Science Service Board of Trustees appointed a volunteer commission of the country's leaders in science, education, management and scientific publishing to lead a thorough review of the organisation. The board, made up of leading scientists including two Nobel laureates, endorsed the commission's recommendations in late 2006, setting this organisational repositioning in motion.
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