Science Debate 2012: Space
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 [...]
America’s Future in Space: 10 Reports from the National Research Council
Last week, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft to orbit, making SpaceX the first commercial company in history to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. The National Research Council’s America’s Future in Space recommends directions for U.S. civil space activities. According to this book, the U.S. civil [...]
Science Research to Drive Space Exploration
It has been a banner week for space enthusiasts! Kepler-22b is the first planet discovered beyond our system to possibly be in a habitable zone, capable of supporting life. Scientists also announced the discovery of the biggest black holes yet. New pictures of the asteroid Vesta were released, adding greatly to our knowledge of asteroids. [...]
Beyond the Space Shuttle: Future Directions for Space Exploration and Research
Atlantis blasted off for its final mission last week, marking the end of the space shuttle program. As we look back on what we have learned from the space shuttle and other space research programs, it is amazing to consider how far we can advance knowledge of our own solar system and planets beyond in [...]
New Planets, New Possibilities in Space Research
On Monday a team of NASA astronomers announced the discovery of the first rocky planet orbiting a star outside our solar system. The discovery of the planet, named Kepler-10b, was the result of data collected by the Kepler spacecraft, launched by NASA in March 2009. Remember when grade school astronomy consisted mainly of knowing the [...]
Seven New Books: Sea Turtles, Space Exploration, and more
This past week, there were seven new publications on the NAP site, six of which have free PDFs. There were prepublications covering space exploration, climate, and sea turtles. All New Publications This Week Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts over Decades to Millenia (prepublication) Get It Now (Free PDF) Read Online For Free Assessment [...]
New Books Covering Health And Medicine, NASA, and Industry And Labor
There were four books new to the NAP site this week, including Evaluation of Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Chronic Disease, a publication by the Institute of Medicine. Featured Publication Evaluation of Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Chronic Disease (prepublication) Many people naturally assume that the claims made for foods and nutritional supplements have the [...]
Free from NAP: Thirteen PDFs To Download
Once a month we collect all the free resources available at your disposal and send an e-mail to our subscriber list (if you’re not already subscribed, subscribe here). Today’s e-mail had far too many free PDFs to include, but to make sure everyone can conveniently find all the new free PDFs we have to offer, [...]
New Books: NASA’s Suborbital Flight Program, Infectious Diseases, and more
We have a slight change to Notes From NAP: the weekly list of new publications on our site will now be on Mondays rather than the end of the day on Friday. As always, anyone interested in staying informed of the new books on the day they’re published can subscribe to the New From NAP [...]
New This Week: Physical & Life Sciences, NASA, and Hypertension
The end of another week brings us the roundup of all of the new publications that hit our site. If you like any of these pubs, you can use the share buttons to share the article on Facebook, Twitter or any other social media site that you can think of, as well as email it [...]
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