Research Universities: Higher Education’s Role in Our Nation’s Prosperity
Today, Americans are feeling the gradual and subtle effects of globalization that challenge the economic and strategic leadership that the United States has enjoyed since World War II. A substantial portion of our workforce finds itself in direct competition for jobs with lower-wage workers around the globe, and leading-edge scientific and engineering work is being [...]
Happy National Teacher’s Day!
To celebrate National Education Week, we created a list of recommended books and resources to teach climate change. Check out these top titles from NAP, climate change videos, and information from the Division on Earth and Life Studies.
Sharing Water: Making Decisions About Sustainable Water Management
Water: we need it every day, and use it in countless ways. As the world enters the second decade of the 21st century, the human community finds itself searching for new paradigms for water supply and management in response to expanding populations, sprawling development, climate change, and the limits of existing conventional supplies. The following [...]
Free PDF Downloads, Audio, Video and More for January 2011
As we begin a new year, the National Academies Press offers you the following selection of books, videos, and podcasts free of charge. Start collecting free resources for your personal STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) library today. Implementing the New Biology: Decadal Challenges Linking Food, Energy, and the Environment: Summary of a Workshop, June [...]
Free from NAP: Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited; The Future of Nursing; and more
The National Academy of Sciences is committed to making its headquarters, built on the National Mall in 1924, more energy efficient and environmentally advanced. Learn more about this major restoration project. Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 In the face of so many daunting near-term challenges, U.S. government and industry are [...]
PDFs, Video, and Podcasts on Nutrition and Health
The research concerning what foods to eat and how much is not new. So why are Americans still indulging in unhealthy habits? What can be done to help the general public understand and act on the findings of researchers and nutritionists? We’ve put together a collection of free resources to address these questions. Free PDFs [...]
Sounds of Science Podcast: Reducing the Sodium Intake in the United States
There’s a new episode available of our podcast, The Sounds Of Science. This week’s episode is on sodium intake and is based on our report Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States. You can listen to this episode below, and you can subscribe to the podcast to get all the episodes delivered to [...]
Earth and Life Studies Video: Landscapes On The Edge
The Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS) has debuted a new video this week. Landscapes On The Edge: New Horizons For Research on Earth’s Surface explores how Earth’s surface processes interacted to create the landscapes of today and how changing processes will shape Earth’s surface in coming years. Dr. Dorothy Merritts describes the research [...]
New Video: A New Biology For The 21st Century
A great new video from the Division of Earth And Life Sciences joins our growing stable of videos on the National Academies YouTube channel. The official description: “Following the release of a National Academies report on the future of biological science, three of the study’s authors discuss its key findings. A New Biology for the [...]
Video: On Being A Scientist
Our new video, On Being A Scientist, was added to the YouTube channel of the National Academies. The video explores the importance of mentors to students of science. Watch it below, and then go read On Being A Scientist for free online. More Buy a copy of On Being A Scientist: Third Edition Read On [...]
