The ASCR and the U.S. Embassy, Prague, co-sponsored a public lectures in Prague featuring Dr. James Rice, an American space expert. Dr. Rice discussed the unexpected discoveries on Mars thanks to the robotic vehicles Pathfinder, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity. Mars: The Next Step follows the popular program 'To Space with a Little Mole,' which came to the Czech Republic in 2011. Astronaut Andrew Feustel took the well-known mole cartoon character, Krtek, on a journey into space in the Endeavour space shuttle. Space exploration is a very popular subject in the Czech Republic and Dr. Rice shared his knowledge to inspire a future generations of Czech scientists. A press conference September 17, 2013 at the ASCR headquarters included Dr. Rice, U.S. Ambassador Norman L. Eisen and D. Jan Šafanda. Vice-President of the ASCR. "Through this event," Dr. Šafanda told the press, "the ASCR attempted to show the public that space research, involving a number of academic institutes and is costly, brings bounteous returns to society - both through expanding our knowledge of the solar system and also a number of practical applications and technological innovations." and Pavel Suchan.
The Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the ASCR hosted the COST Action ES 1005 TOSCA Science meeting September 30 to October 4, 2013. TOSCA is a multidisciplinary European network of scientists from nearly 20 countries that work to provide a better understanding of the role of the Sun in climate change. This action aims at assessing the various contributions of solar variability to the Earth's climate by bringing together solar physicists, space scientists, atmospheric scientists, climate modellers, paleoclimatologists, and more. TOSCA was inaugurated in June 2011 and will last for four years. As for other COST (Cooperation in Science and Technology) actions, the main role of TOSCA is to foster interactions between different communities. (TOSCA stands for "Towards a more complete assessment of the impact of solar variability on the Earth's climate".) and Jan Laštovička a Petra Koucká Knížová.
V souvislosti s dalším směřováním Akademie věd ČR a diskusí, jak posílit její postavení ve výzkumném a vzdělávacím prostoru České republiky, se v Akademii věd výrazně prosazují nejrůznější popularizační aktivity. Vedle pořádání již etablovaných akcí zaměřených na propagaci vědy a výzkumu se AV ČR zasazuje o debatu, jak o dosažených výsledcích co nejúčinněji komunikovat s veřejností. Vzájemnou výměnu zkušeností na mezinárodní úrovni zprostředkovalo ve dnech 27. a 28. února 2014 sympozium v Národní technické knihovně v Praze. and Luděk Svoboda.