The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

LONDON, Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Diageo, maker of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Guinness has had its 2030 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative ...

NASA is no longer talking about lunar bases in abstract terms. The agency has set a concrete goal to have a working nuclear ...

Food sustainability is becoming an increasingly central topic in our daily lives. But how can we integrate it effectively into education, awareness-raising, and practical activities? From interactive ...

Humanity is not doomed, not now or even in a worst-case scenario in 2030. But avoiding doom — either the end or widespread collapse of civilisation — is setting a pretty low bar. We can aim much ...

The reality of clean, stable energy produced in a ball of plasma seems to perpetually be around the corner. Although fusion energy hasn’t yet managed to become cheap and stable enough to power the ...

Plant science research has tremendous potential to address pressing global issues including climate change, food insecurity and sustainability. However, without sustained investment in plant science, ...

Science subjects have been perceived by some students as mind boggling with some hardly stepping into laboratories after secondary school. "The problem is that students rarely get to see the practical ...