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The National Science Foundation’s recent decision to begin removing the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s deep-sea ...

Emily Zhang has created dozens of YouTube videos, receiving over 300 million views on subjects from the physics of bowling to ...

Excessively hot or cold temperatures in commercial aircraft may affect the health and safety of passengers and flight ...

The 2025-2035 Decade of Ocean Science, a National Academies report issued last year, found that the National Science ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

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The increase in prevalence and visibility of sexually gender diverse (SGD) populations illuminates the need for greater understanding of the ways in which current laws, systems, and programs affect ...

The third annual State of the Science address will explore the status of the U.S. research enterprise, global science leadership, and economic competitiveness. The address, to be delivered by National ...