Science Debate 2012: Food
The leading U.S. science and engineering organizations developed a list of 14 science policy questions facing the U.S. in 2012. You can read these questions–and the Presidential candidates’ answers–at ScienceDebate.org. For each of the Science Debate 2012 questions, we’re going to provide you a selection of the authoritative and unbiased resources of the National Academies to [...]
16 New Books: Greenhouse Gases, Gulf War and Health, Helium Reserve, and more
I hope that those of you in the U.S. had a happy and relaxing Independence Day weekend. We welcome you back to the working week with one of the biggest lists of new books that we’ve had since we’ve started posting them once a week here on Notes From NAP. There’s sixteen of them, the [...]
Seven New Books: Genetically Engineered Crops, Healthcare Quality, and more
Last week saw seven new books, including books in the topics of agriculture; construction: design, research, planning; health and medicine; and behavioral and social sciences. Five of the seven books also have free PDFs available to download. Featured Publication Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States (prepublication) Since genetically engineered [...]
New Publications This Week (10/12-10/16)
Friday brings us to our weekly roundup of all the publications that have been released this week. If you’d like faster notification of our new publications, subscribe to the New From NAP RSS feed or connect with us on Twitter or Facebook. Featured Publication Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the Evidence [...]
