The National Academy of Sciences has named Monica Feit as its next executive officer, effective Oct. 4, 2025. In this role, Feit will oversee NAS core membership activities, including the election of ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original ...

As a young NASA scientist during the Apollo era, William Borucki helped design the heat shield that brought Apollo 11 astronauts safely back to Earth. As we celebrate the 56th anniversary of the Moon ...

WASHINGTON — The Council of the National Academy of Sciences has approved the nomination of Neil H. Shubin, Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences is presenting its 2023 Public Welfare Medal to mathematician, educator, and higher education advocate Freeman A. Hrabowski, III for his outstanding ...

Outside of this work, Losos is also an author, who with his warm and spirited voice, makes complex scientific knowledge accessible to all audiences. His most recent work, The Cat’s Meow: How Cats ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced a significant restructuring of its program divisions, which perform the bulk of the National Academies’ work to inform public ...

May 21-22, 2025 Washington, DC Forum Program Short Summary of the Forum Assessing biodiversity is fundamental to understanding the distribution of biodiversity, the changes that are occurring and, ...

NAS President Marcia McNutt hosted Michael Kratsios, assistant to President Trump and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, who shared his thoughts on the future of U.S.

The National Academy of Sciences announces the selection of eighty-seven of the nation's brightest young scientists from industry, academia, and government to take part in the National Academy of ...

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced today that 20 Kavli Frontiers of Science alumni have been elected to membership in the NAS in recognition of their distinguished and continuing ...