For World Mosquito Day, we spoke with Nora Besansky about the mosquitoes that transmit malaria and the genetic and ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original ...

The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honor outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the areas of combinatorial and discrete optimization, or related parts ...

“Hassler Whitney was a topologist extraordinaire. He began his mathematical work in the 1930s during an extremely active period in both algebraic and geometric topology. Hemade many important ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences will honor 19 individuals with awards recognizing their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, ...

As Marcia McNutt approaches the end of her tenure as president of the National Academy of Sciences, she leaves a historic legacy as the first woman to hold that office in the institution’s more than ...

Six NAS members have received 2026 Kavi Prizes, announced this week by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Eva Andrei, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Allan MacDonald were awarded the Kavli Prize ...

Honey bees are best known for their essential role in pollinating much of the food we eat, but their importance extends far beyond agriculture. In a Q&A for World Bee Day, leading neuroscientist and ...

Every June 30th, Asteroid Day marks the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska impact and turns global attention to the science of near-Earth objects and planetary defense. But asteroids and the meteorites ...

Monica Bertagnolli, former director of the National Institutes of Health, has been elected by members of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) as the Academy’s next president. Beginning July 1, 2026, ...

Four NAS members have been announced as 2026 Breakthrough Prize Laureates. Jean Bennett and Katherine High have been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences alongside Albert Maguire “for ...