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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, nonprofit organization of the country’s leading researchers. The NAS recognizes and promotes outstanding science through election to membership; publication in its journal, PNAS; and its awards, programs, and special activities. Through the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the NAS provides objective, science-based advice on critical issues affecting the nation. Read More»
Election to membership in the NAS is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive. Read more about our members and their contributions to science.
Featured member: Evolutionary biologist Günter Wagner discusses the science behind parental stress and whether humans have evolved to manage it on BBC’s CrowdScience podcast.
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A new report examines key drivers of long-term, intergenerational poverty, including the racial disparities and structural factors that contribute to this cycle.
PNAS is one of the world’s most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, publishing more than 3,200 research papers annually. The journal’s content spans the biological, physical, and social sciences and is global in scope.
PNAS Nexus is an open access scientific journal focused on the publication of high-quality original research from across the biological, medical, physical, social, and political sciences, and engineering and mathematics. Of particular interest are those articles with broad, interdisciplinary appeal.
