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U.S. National Academies Presidents Comment on Attack on the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

In a statement on the recent attack of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the presidents of the U.S. National ...
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How the National Academies Are Informing Discussions of AI Progress and Safety

As rapid advances in AI continue to raise concerns about how it can be pursued safely without stifling technological progress, the National Academies have been at the forefront of efforts to better ...
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National Academies Partners with Vanderbilt University on Energy Issues Symposium

Earlier this month, the Vanderbilt Center for Sustainability, Energy, and Climate held its annual symposium in partnership with the National Academies’ New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and ...
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology

This is a meeting of the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology. The committee will discuss needs of the chemistry and ...
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Implementation and Outcomes of Fare-Free Transit Systems

Unfortunately, this book can't be printed from the OpenBook. If you need to print pages from this book, we recommend downloading it as a PDF. Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this ...
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Interventions to Increase the Resilience of Coral Reefs

Coral reefs are threatened by rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions that are warmer, less favorable for calcification, have impaired water quality, and pose continuing disease threats. Coral ...
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Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy

This activity was supported with grants to the National Academy of Sciences from the Carnegie Corporation of New York (#G-16-53637) and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (#G-2016-5031) and with ...
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Improving Disability Evaluations for Veterans Who Have Experienced Military Sexual Trauma

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The Science of Extreme Event Attribution — Which Analyzes Climate Change’s Influence on Specific Weather Events — Has Advanced, But Challenges Remain

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides a comprehensive assessment of the current capabilities of extreme event attribution (EEA) — a ...
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Genetically Engineered Crops: Past Experience and Future Prospects

This consensus report examines a range of questions and opinions about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other effects of genetically engineered (GE) crops and food. Claims and research that ...
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Continued Success at NASA at Risk Due to Budget and Program Mismatch, Short-Term Focus, and Aging Infrastructure, Says New Report

WASHINGTON ― NASA catalyzes technology development across disciplines and industries, serves as a driver for U.S. innovation, enhances the nation’s technological reputation, and inspires students to ...
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Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall convene an ad hoc survey committee and supporting study panels to carry out a decadal survey in astronomy and astrophysics. The ...