The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 25 international members in recognition of ...

For decades, the National Science Board has overseen the National Science Foundation and provided support for the American research enterprise that is central to the nation’s economic and geopolitical ...

WASHINGTON — Neil H. Shubin, Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and vice dean for academic advancement at the University of Chicago, has been elected ...

On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species and transformed our understanding of life on Earth by introducing the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members — 59 of whom are women, the most elected in a single year — and 30 international members in recognition of ...

Marcia McNutt will discuss the status of the United States’ research enterprise, global leadership in science, and ...

Music is one of the most universal human behaviors—people across cultures spend hours each day listening to music to regulate ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected six papers published by PNAS in 2025 to receive the Cozzarelli Prize, an award that ...

As Marcia McNutt approaches the end of her tenure as president of the National Academy of Sciences, she leaves a historic legacy as the first woman to hold that office in the institution’s more than ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences will honor 19 individuals with awards recognizing their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, ...

The NAE has announced the election of 130 regular members and 28 international members. Election to the Academy is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy ...