The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Food sustainability is becoming an increasingly central topic in our daily lives. But how can we integrate it effectively into education, awareness-raising, and practical activities? From interactive ...

Plant science research has tremendous potential to address pressing global issues including climate change, food insecurity and sustainability. However, without sustained investment in plant science, ...

The US needs to take steps to ensure that it remains at the top of global science research in 2030, according to a new report from the National Science Board (NSB). The NSB, which oversees the ...

Science subjects have been perceived by some students as mind boggling with some hardly stepping into laboratories after secondary school. "The problem is that students rarely get to see the practical ...

Women and girls represent half of the world’s population. Yet, they are not fully participating within the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with a gender gap still ...

The reality of clean, stable energy produced in a ball of plasma seems to perpetually be around the corner. Although fusion energy hasn’t yet managed to become cheap and stable enough to power the ...

Humanity is not doomed, not now or even in a worst-case scenario in 2030. But avoiding doom — either the end or widespread collapse of civilisation — is setting a pretty low bar. We can aim much ...