In 1991, Elion was awarded the prestigious National Medal of Science by then-President George Bush, who said she exemplified how one person’s work can help “banish suffering and prolong life ...

Landrigan, M.D., founding director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good, will receive the Gold Honor Medal from the National Institute of Social ... because it uses state-of-the ...

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A dam Riess was 27 years old when he began the work that earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics, and just 41 when he received ...

Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine. Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of ...

Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine. Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of ...

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FILE - In this image provided by the National Archives ... right, presents the Congressional Gold Medal to Stanley Earley III, son of Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley, second from right, as Judith ...

joins Host Flora Lichtman to dive into the science of air traffic control. Guest: May 28, 2025 • At the beginning of May, the National Institutes of Health, part of the Department of Health ...

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By examining fossils, Prof Fredrick Kyalo Manthi helps us understand how life on Earth has evolved over time. He is a leading Kenyan palaeontologist and the Director of Antiquities, Sites, and ...