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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...
As women of childbearing age have become heavier, the trade-off between maternal and child health created by variation in gestational weight...
In this podcast the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine examines the psychosocial consequences of the cancer experienc...
The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate...
This podcast provides a historical overview of the emergence of school meal programs and provides recommendations to update the nutrition st...
The ocean has greater affects on human health than the average person realizes. This report brief discusses the health and medical hazards,...
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...
This podcast examines the relationship between land development patterns and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States to assess whe...
Reducing the intake of sodium is an important public health goal for Americans. Since the 1970s, an array of public health interventions and...
Teachers make a difference. The success of any plan for improving educational outcomes depends on the teachers who carry it out and thus on...
Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.S. residents will be of Hispanic origin by 2025. This major demographic shift and its...
Why is communicating chemistry so difficult relative to other scientific disciplines? The Chemical Sciences Roundtable will hold a workshop...
Burning coal in electric utility plants produces, in addition to power, residues that contain constituents which may be harmful to the envir...
This podcast introduces the Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences, which organizes events and exhibitions for the public tha...
The United States spends approximately four million dollars each year searching for near-Earth objects (NEOs). The objective is to detect th...
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...
This podcast offers a timely look at issues that are increasingly important in an interconnected world. It discusses the importance of forei...
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...
A mismatch between the federal government's revenues and spending, now and in the foreseeable future, requires heavy borrowing, leading to a...
What if you could clearly define in dollars saved, crashes averted, and better technology implemented the benefits of attending an conferenc...
Early childhood mathematics is vitally important for young children's present and future educational success. Unfortunately, many children's...
In this podcast the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine examines the psychosocial consequences of the cancer experienc...
This podcast provides a historical overview of the emergence of school meal programs and provides recommendations to update the nutrition st...
Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools...
The internet is entering a new phase that represents a fundamental shift in how computing is done. This phase, called the Cloud, is discusse...
When policy makers and researchers consider potential solutions to the crisis of uninsurance in the United States, the question of whether h...
As women of childbearing age have become heavier, the trade-off between maternal and child health created by variation in gestational weight...
Humans coexist with millions of harmless microorganisms, but emerging diseases, resistance to antibiotics, and the threat of bioterrorism ar...
There is currently heightened interest in optimizing health care through the generation of new knowledge on the effectiveness of health care...
As digital technologies are expanding the power and reach of research, they are also raising complex issues. These include complications in...
Everyone--government agencies, private organizations, and individuals--is facing a changing climate: an environment in which it is no longer...
The increasing popularity of blogs, social networking sites, and twitter has created many new and interactive forums for people to communica...
As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small...
The United States is increasingly dependent on information and information technology for both civilian and military purposes, as are many o...
Pollinators- insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction-...
Public health officials and organizations around the world remain on high alert because of increasing concerns about the prospect of an infl...
In this podcast the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine examines the psychosocial consequences of the cancer experienc...
PNAS is one of the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials and has been published by the National Academies since 1914. This...
What types of instructional experiences help K-8 students learn science with understanding? What do science educators, teachers, teacher lea...
When it comes to motivating people to learn, disadvantaged urban adolescents are usually perceived as a hard sell. Yet, in a recent MetLife...
China and India, both with populations of over 1 billion, are drawing increasing attention from the United States. Their growing populations...
The effect the mechanical revolution has had on farming is and continues to be enormous. From tractors to irrigation, our way of life would...
Over the past 50 years, thousands of satellites have been sent into space on missions to collect data about the Earth. Today, the ability to...
How can we know for certain when someone is up to no good? Most people will say, give them a lie detector test. But, is it truly the best, m...
Since its opening in 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway has provided a route into the Great Lakes not only for trade, but also unfortunately for...
Soil has a bad reputation as just dirt, but in actuality it is a veritable wild kingdom where you can find more life concentrated in the thr...
Quality post-secondary education is no doubt important to the future of the United States, but can everyone benefit from the same type? This...
Every year, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in the United States to improve the public understanding of engineering (NAE, 2002). D...
The federal government plays the predominant role in supporting research and development (R&D) and in establishing public policies that affe...
This podcast provides an overview to the 2004 report Science, Medicine, and Animals. This report explains the role that animals play in biom...
This podcast is based on the third book in a series evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Afr...