Weight Gain During Pregnancy: How Much is Too Much?
As women of childbearing age have become heavier, the trade-off between maternal and child health created by variation in gestational weight...
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The Sounds of Science from the National Academies
This informative and entertaining bi-weekly series of audio podcasts puts the spotlight on the high-impact work of the National Academies. Focusing on a wide range of critical issues in scie...
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20 of 117 episodesBreast Cancer Treatment: Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women
In this podcast the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine examines the psychosocial consequences of the cancer experienc...
Ocean Acidification: The Other Carbon Dioxide Problem
The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate...
School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children
This podcast provides a historical overview of the emergence of school meal programs and provides recommendations to update the nutrition st...
The Ocean's Role in Human Health
The ocean has greater affects on human health than the average person realizes. This report brief discusses the health and medical hazards,...
Is Soccer Bad for Children's Heads?
Given the popularity of the World Cup, the Sounds of Science revisits a 2002 IOM workshop reports on head injury in young soccer players. Th...
Driving and the Built Environment
This podcast examines the relationship between land development patterns and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States to assess whe...
Reducing the Sodium Intake in the United States
Reducing the intake of sodium is an important public health goal for Americans. Since the 1970s, an array of public health interventions and...
Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound Policy
Teachers make a difference. The success of any plan for improving educational outcomes depends on the teachers who carry it out and thus on...
Hispanics in America: Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies:
Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.S. residents will be of Hispanic origin by 2025. This major demographic shift and its...
Chemistry in Primetime and Online: Communicating Chemistry in Informal Environments
Why is communicating chemistry so difficult relative to other scientific disciplines? The Chemical Sciences Roundtable will hold a workshop...
Managing Coal Combustion Residues in Mines
Burning coal in electric utility plants produces, in addition to power, residues that contain constituents which may be harmful to the envir...
Visual Culture and Evolution: An Online Symposium
This podcast introduces the Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences, which organizes events and exhibitions for the public tha...
The Sky Is Falling; The Threat of Near Earth Objects
The United States spends approximately four million dollars each year searching for near-Earth objects (NEOs). The objective is to detect th...
Getting Better Health Care for Your Buck
Regardless of how we decide to pay for health care, we now have the tools and knowledge necessary to improve the performance of the U.S. hea...
Como Se Dice... Multilingual and Loving it
This podcast offers a timely look at issues that are increasingly important in an interconnected world. It discusses the importance of forei...
Hidden Costs of Energy
Description: We depend heavily on energy for a variety of modern goods and services. Yet the provision and use of that energy comes with man...
Choosing the Nation's Fiscal Future
A mismatch between the federal government's revenues and spending, now and in the foreseeable future, requires heavy borrowing, leading to a...
Reaping the Benefits of attending the TRB Annual Meeting
What if you could clearly define in dollars saved, crashes averted, and better technology implemented the benefits of attending an conferenc...
Easy as 1, 2, 3: Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood
Early childhood mathematics is vitally important for young children's present and future educational success. Unfortunately, many children's...