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During a recent trip to Kuwait, National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt met with KFAS Director General Dr. Ameenah Farhan and celebrated our long-standing partnership with KFAS.
She also visited Kuwait University to meet students and give a lecture on her scientific career.
She also visited Kuwait University to meet students and give a lecture on her scientific career.
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
During a recent trip to Kuwait, National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt met with KFAS Director General Dr. Ameenah Farhan and celebrated our long-standing partnership with KFAS.
She also visited Kuwait University to meet students and give a lecture on her scientific career.
She also visited Kuwait University to meet students and give a lecture on her scientific career.
When humans land on Mars, what should they do first? 🌌 #NASmember Lindy Elkins-Tanton joins @scifri.bsky.social to discuss the new @nationalacademies.org guidance for a crewed Mars mission, as well as lessons from NASA's Missions to Psyche. 🎙️ Listen: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cre...
What Should Astronauts Do First When They Reach Mars?
A new report lays out the objectives for a crewed mission to Mars. Plus, an update on the NASA mission to survey the asteroid Psyche.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
When humans land on Mars, what should they do first? 🌌 #NASmember Lindy Elkins-Tanton joins @scifri.bsky.social to discuss the new @nationalacademies.org guidance for a crewed Mars mission, as well as lessons from NASA's Missions to Psyche. 🎙️ Listen: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cre...
Today we honor the 100th birthday of the late #NASmember Richard Easterlin, whose work reshaped #economics by showing that national economic growth does not guarantee greater happiness. Read more about his profound impact in a new NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Today we honor the 100th birthday of the late #NASmember Richard Easterlin, whose work reshaped #economics by showing that national economic growth does not guarantee greater happiness. Read more about his profound impact in a new NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
New year, new you…literally! Your body has replaced its weight in cells this past year, but some animals can regrow a whole body from a tiny tail piece. 🪱 Listen as #NASmember Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado discusses the science of regeneration on @scifri.bsky.social: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/sci...
Your Cells Are Always Building A Whole New You | Science Friday | WNYC Studios
In the last year, you’ve basically replaced your body weight in new cells. So yes, it’s a new year, new you. To ring in 2026, we’re talking about starting anew, and drawing inspiratio...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
New year, new you…literally! Your body has replaced its weight in cells this past year, but some animals can regrow a whole body from a tiny tail piece. 🪱 Listen as #NASmember Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado discusses the science of regeneration on @scifri.bsky.social: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/sci...
Northwestern University scientists have developed NU-9, a compound that blocks a brain protein linked to Alzheimer’s in mice. #NASmember Richard Silverman says it could one day let people prevent the disease like managing cholesterol. Read more in @futurism.com: futurism.com/health-medic...
Scientists Identify Possible Game Changing Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease That Could Control It Like High Cholesterol
Scientists said a novel compound can arrest early stages of Alzheimer's disease in mice brains, setting the stage for a possible cure.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Northwestern University scientists have developed NU-9, a compound that blocks a brain protein linked to Alzheimer’s in mice. #NASmember Richard Silverman says it could one day let people prevent the disease like managing cholesterol. Read more in @futurism.com: futurism.com/health-medic...
What’s next for science philanthropy and the research enterprise? Astrophysicist, @simonsfoundation.org president, and #NASmember David Spergel shares his outlook on remaining hopeful in uncertain times in a new interview with @issuesinst.bsky.social. Read here: issues.org/american-sci...
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
What’s next for science philanthropy and the research enterprise? Astrophysicist, @simonsfoundation.org president, and #NASmember David Spergel shares his outlook on remaining hopeful in uncertain times in a new interview with @issuesinst.bsky.social. Read here: issues.org/american-sci...
Amid rapid changes and funding cuts for scientific research, the @nationalacademies.org are adapting to ensure science continues to advance society and drive innovation for the benefit of all Americans. NAS President Marcia McNutt explains how in @pnas.org: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Amid rapid changes and funding cuts for scientific research, the @nationalacademies.org are adapting to ensure science continues to advance society and drive innovation for the benefit of all Americans. NAS President Marcia McNutt explains how in @pnas.org: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
On #NationalBirdDay 🐦, we celebrate #NASmember S. Dillon Ripley, ornithologist, conservationist & visionary Smithsonian leader, remembered for his work to document the birds of the Indian Subcontinent. Explore his soaring biography in a new NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
On #NationalBirdDay 🐦, we celebrate #NASmember S. Dillon Ripley, ornithologist, conservationist & visionary Smithsonian leader, remembered for his work to document the birds of the Indian Subcontinent. Explore his soaring biography in a new NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
How do we counter misinformation and improve public understanding of science? #NASmember and Public Welfare Medalist Kathleen Hall Jamieson discusses strategies and the mental model theory in a recent @pnas.org Q&A: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
How do we counter misinformation and improve public understanding of science? #NASmember and Public Welfare Medalist Kathleen Hall Jamieson discusses strategies and the mental model theory in a recent @pnas.org Q&A: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Happy New Year from the National Academy of Sciences! ✨ We look forward to another year of recognizing and advancing outstanding science and serving the public good.
January 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Happy New Year from the National Academy of Sciences! ✨ We look forward to another year of recognizing and advancing outstanding science and serving the public good.
#FoundationModels—#AI systems trained on massive datasets—could transform science. A @nationalacademies.org report with contributions from #NASmembers Michael Kearns, Andrea Bertozzi & Robert Schapire explores applications at the U.S. Dept. of Energy: www.nationalacademies.org/news/doe-sho...
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#FoundationModels—#AI systems trained on massive datasets—could transform science. A @nationalacademies.org report with contributions from #NASmembers Michael Kearns, Andrea Bertozzi & Robert Schapire explores applications at the U.S. Dept. of Energy: www.nationalacademies.org/news/doe-sho...
In many ways, modern weather forecasting begins with #NASmember Norman A. Phillips.
A pioneer of numerical weather prediction, he built the the first successful general circulation model of climate.
Discover his impact in a new NAS memoir: https://ow.ly/honA50XQ6hC #MemoirMonday
A pioneer of numerical weather prediction, he built the the first successful general circulation model of climate.
Discover his impact in a new NAS memoir: https://ow.ly/honA50XQ6hC #MemoirMonday
December 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In many ways, modern weather forecasting begins with #NASmember Norman A. Phillips.
A pioneer of numerical weather prediction, he built the the first successful general circulation model of climate.
Discover his impact in a new NAS memoir: https://ow.ly/honA50XQ6hC #MemoirMonday
A pioneer of numerical weather prediction, he built the the first successful general circulation model of climate.
Discover his impact in a new NAS memoir: https://ow.ly/honA50XQ6hC #MemoirMonday
Just one week left to nominate for the 2025 Cozzarelli Prize! If you’ve read a @pnas.org paper this year that pushed its field forward, don’t miss the chance to to submit a nomination by January 2, 2026. Learn more and nominate: www.pnas.org/about/cozzar...
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Just one week left to nominate for the 2025 Cozzarelli Prize! If you’ve read a @pnas.org paper this year that pushed its field forward, don’t miss the chance to to submit a nomination by January 2, 2026. Learn more and nominate: www.pnas.org/about/cozzar...
Happy Holidays from the National Academy of Sciences!🎄Here’s to a joyful season and an inspiring year ahead.
You can enjoy the beautiful Great Hall during free NAS Building tours led by Cultural Programs of the NAS through the end of the year. Register: www.cpnas.org/exhibitions-...
You can enjoy the beautiful Great Hall during free NAS Building tours led by Cultural Programs of the NAS through the end of the year. Register: www.cpnas.org/exhibitions-...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Happy Holidays from the National Academy of Sciences!🎄Here’s to a joyful season and an inspiring year ahead.
You can enjoy the beautiful Great Hall during free NAS Building tours led by Cultural Programs of the NAS through the end of the year. Register: www.cpnas.org/exhibitions-...
You can enjoy the beautiful Great Hall during free NAS Building tours led by Cultural Programs of the NAS through the end of the year. Register: www.cpnas.org/exhibitions-...
A new study led by #NASmember Feng Zhang suggests a way to rejuvenate the immune system. By temporarily programming cells in the liver, researchers at MIT and @broadinstitute.org were able to improve T-cell function and enhance vaccine response.
Read more: news.mit.edu/2025/new-stu...
Read more: news.mit.edu/2025/new-stu...
New study suggests a way to rejuvenate the immune system
MIT and Broad Institute researchers found a way to overcome age-related immune system decline by temporarily programming liver cells to take over the maturation of T cells. Using mRNA, the researchers...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A new study led by #NASmember Feng Zhang suggests a way to rejuvenate the immune system. By temporarily programming cells in the liver, researchers at MIT and @broadinstitute.org were able to improve T-cell function and enhance vaccine response.
Read more: news.mit.edu/2025/new-stu...
Read more: news.mit.edu/2025/new-stu...
#NASmember William Labov didn’t just influence #linguistics—he reinvented it. He showed that language lives in people, history, and community. Read a new NAS memoir honoring Labov and the birth of sociolinguistics: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#NASmember William Labov didn’t just influence #linguistics—he reinvented it. He showed that language lives in people, history, and community. Read a new NAS memoir honoring Labov and the birth of sociolinguistics: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
Harvard researchers, including #NASmember Naomi Pierce, discovered that plants can attract pollinators using infrared signals—an ancient signal that predates colorful flowers and led pollinators to evolve specialized infrared sensors. Read more: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Infrared radiation is an invitation to pollinating insects
A new study shows that infrared radiation is a pollination signal, one far older than the vivid colors that later became dominant among flowering plants.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Harvard researchers, including #NASmember Naomi Pierce, discovered that plants can attract pollinators using infrared signals—an ancient signal that predates colorful flowers and led pollinators to evolve specialized infrared sensors. Read more: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
What can deformations in Earth’s surface reveal about the formation and behavior of earthquakes? #NASmember Jean-Philippe Avouac discusses his efforts to measure and model the physical forces that shape the tension tied to crustal deformations in @pnas.org: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What can deformations in Earth’s surface reveal about the formation and behavior of earthquakes? #NASmember Jean-Philippe Avouac discusses his efforts to measure and model the physical forces that shape the tension tied to crustal deformations in @pnas.org: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
From extreme life in the ocean to demographic shifts to the chemistry of 2D materials—explore cutting-edge science from early-career researchers!
Watch recordings from the 2025 Japanese-American-German Kavli Frontiers of Science: www.nasonline.org/symposia/202...
Watch recordings from the 2025 Japanese-American-German Kavli Frontiers of Science: www.nasonline.org/symposia/202...
December 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
From extreme life in the ocean to demographic shifts to the chemistry of 2D materials—explore cutting-edge science from early-career researchers!
Watch recordings from the 2025 Japanese-American-German Kavli Frontiers of Science: www.nasonline.org/symposia/202...
Watch recordings from the 2025 Japanese-American-German Kavli Frontiers of Science: www.nasonline.org/symposia/202...
How do intelligence and organization emerge in collectives, from cells to humans to neural networks? 🧠 Join Anna Dornhaus of @uarizona.bsky.social tomorrow, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. PT, for a Distinctive Voices lecture exploring lessons from social insects. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/collective...
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
How do intelligence and organization emerge in collectives, from cells to humans to neural networks? 🧠 Join Anna Dornhaus of @uarizona.bsky.social tomorrow, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. PT, for a Distinctive Voices lecture exploring lessons from social insects. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/collective...
A "towering figure in solid-earth geophysics," #NASmember Adam Dziewonski peered into Earth’s core and mapped our planet like no one before. 🌎 His seismic insights still echo through #geophysics today. Discover his impact in a new NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A "towering figure in solid-earth geophysics," #NASmember Adam Dziewonski peered into Earth’s core and mapped our planet like no one before. 🌎 His seismic insights still echo through #geophysics today. Discover his impact in a new NAS memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday
Researchers on a BRAIN Initiative project have unveiled the most comprehensive map of developing mammalian brains to date. In an interview with The Scientist, #NASmember Hongkui Zeng shares the new insights into neurodevelopment this atlas provides: www.the-scientist.com/a-new-cell-a...
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Researchers on a BRAIN Initiative project have unveiled the most comprehensive map of developing mammalian brains to date. In an interview with The Scientist, #NASmember Hongkui Zeng shares the new insights into neurodevelopment this atlas provides: www.the-scientist.com/a-new-cell-a...
How can a billion-year-old water discovery aid the green energy transition? Geochemist and #NASmember Barbara Sherwood Lollar shares how underground hydrogen, produced when ancient water mixes with rock, could help decarbonize heavy industry in @utoronto.ca news:
Geochemist draws on billion-year-old water discovery to aid green energy transition
Barbara Sherwood Lollar has spent more than 30 years studying deep, underground water and its surprisingly vast potential – from offering clues about potential life on other planets to locating…
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December 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How can a billion-year-old water discovery aid the green energy transition? Geochemist and #NASmember Barbara Sherwood Lollar shares how underground hydrogen, produced when ancient water mixes with rock, could help decarbonize heavy industry in @utoronto.ca news:
Explore the evolution of man's best friend in a new
@pnas.org Special Feature! 🐕 Organized by #NASmembers Elaine Ostrander and William Murphy, this collection reveals how dog genomes and behavior reflect domestication, ancestry, and hybridization: pnas.org/topic/580
@pnas.org Special Feature! 🐕 Organized by #NASmembers Elaine Ostrander and William Murphy, this collection reveals how dog genomes and behavior reflect domestication, ancestry, and hybridization: pnas.org/topic/580
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Explore the evolution of man's best friend in a new
@pnas.org Special Feature! 🐕 Organized by #NASmembers Elaine Ostrander and William Murphy, this collection reveals how dog genomes and behavior reflect domestication, ancestry, and hybridization: pnas.org/topic/580
@pnas.org Special Feature! 🐕 Organized by #NASmembers Elaine Ostrander and William Murphy, this collection reveals how dog genomes and behavior reflect domestication, ancestry, and hybridization: pnas.org/topic/580
Next week, join the @nationalacademies.org for #AGU2025, and on December 15, don't miss NAS President Marcia McNutt and #NASmember Maria Zuber in a panel discussion on how scientists can build and maintain trust in an era of skepticism.
Learn more and register: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Learn more and register: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Next week, join the @nationalacademies.org for #AGU2025, and on December 15, don't miss NAS President Marcia McNutt and #NASmember Maria Zuber in a panel discussion on how scientists can build and maintain trust in an era of skepticism.
Learn more and register: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Learn more and register: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...