Human exploration of Mars?
I was taken aback by the stupid made-by-AI cover of this report, which doesn't reflect (pun not intended) the serious effort that went into writing it by the numerous contributing scientists. Long report, but definitely worth a reading.
Images:
• The stupid AI cover of the report showing a … ghost rock without a reflection
• What the report doesn't address
Read it online here:
https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/28594/chapter/1
@kakape Probably appropriate to link to a (US) National Academies Workshop Report done immediately before the pandemic. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25887/understanding-and-responding-to-global-health-security-risks-from-microbial-threats-in-the-arctic
#NASEM
"The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (#NASEM) has launched a major downsizing to help it cope with a significant loss of federal funding since President Donald #Trump took office."
https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-national-academies-adopts-new-business-model-weather-financial-storm
(#paywalled)
#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
"Reeling from Trump contract cuts, the National Academies prepares for ‘a fairly radical downsizing’."
https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/23/national-academy-sciences-nasem-layoffs-after-trump-cuts-contracts-worth-40-million/
"The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [#NASEM] is headed for a major reorganization as it tries to reduce its overhead amid big losses in funding from the federal government. Facing a shortfall of roughly $40 million in terminated contracts, the nation’s leading advisory body on issues of science and technology has already had to lay off 50 of its 1,000 employees and could lose as many as 250 more by the end of the summer."
#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
“Science decisions should be based on ideology” — The precis ChatGPT generated for #NASEM president Marcia McNutt on Project 2025's take on science funding is chilling.
As @STAT's Megan Molteni scoops, NASEM faces a major reorg spurred by substantial funding cuts. https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/23/national-academy-sciences-nasem-layoffs-after-trump-cuts-contracts-worth-40-million/
#TIL about a #NASEM publication:
"Understanding and Addressing #Misinformation About #Science"
Update. "More than 1,900 scientists write letter in ‘SOS’ over Trump’s attacks on science"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/scientists-letter-trump-administration
"More than 1,900 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine [#NASEM] signed an open letter warning Americans about the “danger” of the #Trump administration’s attacks on science. The letter comes amid the administration’s relentless assault on US scientific institutions which has included threats to private universities, federal grant cancelations and ideological funding reviews, mass government layoffs, resignations and censorship."
Here is the letter itself.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13gmMJOMsoNKC4U-A8rhJrzu_xhgS51PEfNMPG9Q_cmE/edit?tab=t.0
Update. Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (#NASEM), talks about defending US science under #Trump.
https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/03/america-cant-be-great-without-great-science-that-is-where-the-academies-can-help
"First of all, we are working to reach officials in the administration who will be sensitive to the likely impacts of [their] actions on the health, security, economic opportunity, and well-being of all Americans. Second, we are using the contacts here at the Academies and among our members to directly appeal to other individuals who may share some of the administration’s goals. We are working with them to demonstrate how the scientific evidence base suggests some of the tactics the administration is taking now may not lead to the goals that they want to accomplish…The mantra of this administration is, of course, to make America great. Well, science has been a big part of what has made America great, and America can’t be great without great science…For example, we are doing a fast-track study on reducing red tape for researchers that should be useful to the new administration. It could dramatically increase the efficiency of federally supported science…I really encourage members to talk to their members of Congress; as their constituents, they have more impact."
Disturbing to read this:
“National Academies is altering pending reports to appease Trump administration, some members say” https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/national-academies-altering-pending-reports-to-appease-trump-administration-members-say/
#NASEM
An interesting online and in person event by the #NASEM #USA "Workshop on Technology for #Data Stewardship" https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/44430_02-2025_workshop-on-technology-for-data-stewardship
Por si te lo perdiste: Debate en Estados Unidos sobre el consumo moderado de alcohol tras informe de NASEM https://www.vinetur.com/2025012284116/nasem-report-ignites-discussion-on-alcohol-consumption.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ConsumoModerado #AlcoholSaludable #NASEM #DebateAlcohol #SaludPublica
Debate en Estados Unidos sobre el consumo moderado de alcohol tras informe de NASEM https://www.vinetur.com/2025012284116/nasem-report-ignites-discussion-on-alcohol-consumption.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ConsumoModerado #Alcohol #Salud #NASEM #Debate
Por si te lo perdiste: EEUU podría incluir el consumo moderado en sus guías alimentarias para 2025 https://www.vinetur.com/2024122083727/national-academies-report-suggests-benefits-of-moderate-alcohol-use.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ConsumoModerado #GuíasAlimentarias #SaludPublica #Alcohol #NASEM
"A committee of the [US] National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a consensus study that will seek to upgrade the scientific literature by recommending improvements to the processes used to correct errors in scientific articles, including editorial expressions of concern, errata, corrigendum, retractions, and other actions."
#Retractions #Corrections #PublicationEthics #NationalAcademies #NASEM #AcademicMastodon #AcademicPublishing
Among the latest publications from the National Academies there are some that are obviously going to be highlighted as "wasteful" research justifying funding cuts by bigoted, fascist techbros in charge of such recommendations. A few examples:
A Plan to Promote Defense Research at Minority-Serving Institutions
Constructing Valid Geospatial Tools for Environmental Justice
Sex and Gender Identification and Implications for Disability Evaluation
Protecting Transportation Employees and the Traveling Public from Airborne Diseases
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/new/
#science #fascism #racism #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #ableism #NASEM
Post below shares a quote from the editorial article written by the President of the United States National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC,USA.
#NASEM
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lmu6ddyaqueazq45lxos5tcx/post/3lb3ahjrdf22y
🚨 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine have a call for experts until noon on November 15 focused on #AI and #climate change.
" The National Academies’ Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change will foster ongoing discussions, shared learning, and nimble coordination around emerging issues related to AI and climate change."
AI and climate experts, please sign up to participate in this #NASEM #NationalAcademies project.
#ArtificialIntelligence #environment #science
https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/roundtable-on-artificial-intelligence-and-climate-change
For information on securing and verifying elections, see the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) study, "Securing the Vote", with a free PDF download available at:
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25120/securing-the-vote-protecting-american-democracy
“During the 2016 presidential election, America's election infrastructure was targeted by actors sponsored by the Russian government. Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy examines the challenges arising out of the 2016 federal election, assesses current technology and standards for voting, and recommends steps that the federal government, state and local governments, election administrators, and vendors of voting technology should take to improve the security of election infrastructure. In doing so, the report provides a vision of voting that is more secure, accessible, reliable, and verifiable.”
Niche market for this one but for the chip geeks, new #NASEM #NationalAcademies report out: Strategies to Enable Assured Access to Semiconductors for the Department of Defense
#DOD #military #technology #chips #microelectronics #semiconductors https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27624/strategies-to-enable-assured-access-to-semiconductors-for-the-department-of-defense
