On Tuesday, December 2, the NAS will participate in GivingTuesday. A global day of giving that celebrates the collective ...

On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species and transformed our understanding of life on Earth by ...

The lecture Swells, Soundings, and Sustainability… But "Here be Monsters," will begin with a brief history of how the ocean ...

The US is on the cusp of dramatically transforming how we conserve bees and other insects, which have been historically excluded from many major conservation efforts. This presentation will share some ...

On World Diabetes Day, pioneering physician-scientist E. Dale Abel reflects on a career spent uncovering how diabetes affects ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has announced that the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and NAS international member Shimon ...

Join the Embassy of Sweden and the National Academy of Sciences for the 2024 Nobel Prize Symposium. The event is a unique opportunity to hear from four of this year’s U.S.-based Nobel Prize Laureates ...

President Biden announced the latest recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation—our nation’s highest honors for exemplary achievement and ...

The Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) is a regional network of science academies. At a recent IANAS meeting held in Mexico, attendees discussed current initiatives and ...

One of the world’s most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences publishes cutting-edge research reports, commentaries, reviews, perspectives, ...