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, ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 24 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original ...
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 ...
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Awarded for original scientific work of intrinsic scientific importance and with significant, beneficial applications in industry. The recipient is awarded a $25,000 prize. Ilya Sutskever, co-founder ...
June 25, 2026 In-person attendance (by invitation only) 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET (doors will open and light breakfast available ...
Could life be hiding in plain sight? Investigating the detectability of life on planets around other stars ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
German mathematician Gerd Faltings has been announced as the 2026 recipient of the prestigious Abel Prize “for introducing powerful tools in arithmetic geometry and resolving long-standing diophantine ...