Guided tours of the historic National Academy of Sciences building offer a treasure trove of architecture, art, and stories of science, scientists, and luminaries who have passed through the building ...

Reports & Events” is a monthly tip sheet for the news media that highlights selected meetings of interest and reports from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

A committee of the National Research Council will review the scientific evidence on associations between adverse health effects and historical data on prenatal, childhood, and adult exposures to ...

Millions of oil and gas wells have been drilled across the U.S. since 1859, but poor early regulation left many abandoned, creating a large number of orphaned wells with no responsible operator. These ...

A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planning committee will organize and host a virtual public workshop that will examine the rising incidence of cancer among adults younger ...

This meeting will be an open session to hear from labor organizations for flight attendants and pilots on contributors to extreme cabin temperatures, challenges experienced by flight attendants and ...

While large language models (LLMs) dominate headlines, a broader class of artificial intelligence systems are quietly transforming defense capabilities across domains from battlefield awareness to ...

As global threats evolve and technological frontiers expand, the operationalization of Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) presents a strategic inflection point—unlocking unprecedented capabilities for ...

Significant progress has been made in cancer prevention and treatment over the past few decades. However, this progress has not been evenly distributed among different age groups. While the risk of ...