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- Decrypting the Encryption Debate: A Framework for Decision Makers https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25010/decrypting-the-encryption-debate-a-framework-for-decision-makers 26 comments
- Pharmaceutical companies enjoy the world's highest profit margins. They argue they need those margins to finance R&D. Yet according to David Belk, they spend 50-100% more on advertisement and executive compensation than on R&D. [Free PDF book downloadable after "guest login"] https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24946/making-medicines-affordable-a-national-imperative 12 comments economy
- Another paper on the Havana Syndrome: An Assessment of Illness in U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies. This paper considers 4 sources: RF energy; Chemical; Infection; Psychological/Social. Conclusion briefly states RF energy is most "germane". It is long, 64 pages. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25889/an-assessment-of-illness-in-us-government-employees-and-their-families-at-overseas-embassies 4 comments science
- Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prioritizing Health, Equity, and Communities. Consensus study report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine https://www.nap.edu/read/25858/chapter/2 5 comments science
- Research by US National Academies concludes: Categorizing Workers’ Needs by Generation Such as Baby Boomers or Millennials Is Not Supported by Research or Useful for Workforce Management https://www.nap.edu/read/25796/chapter/1 11 comments science
- Reproducibility and Replicability in Science https://www.nap.edu/read/25303/chapter/1 4 comments science
- NASA should make finding life in the universe a key part of all future exploration missions, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. An Astrobiology Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25252/an-astrobiology-strategy-for-the-search-for-life-in-the-universe 5 comments space
- Computer science is currently experiencing a surge in undergraduate enrollment, straining college resources and may have uncertain impacts on U.S. society https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24926/assessing-and-responding-to-the-growth-of-computer-science-undergraduate-enrollments 4 comments technology
- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Scientific Review: Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24952/public-health-consequences-of-e-cigarettes 3 comments science
- New publication describes how frequent cannabis use implicated in mental health disorders including Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression, Schizophrenia as well as increases suicidal ideation. https://www.nap.edu/resource/24625/cannabis-chapter-highlights.pdf 5 comments science
- The (U.S.) National Academy of Sciences has a National Academies Press, from which many books/resources are available for free in PDF format. https://www.nap.edu/collection/ 5 comments science
- New Study Indicates That Marijuana Use Affects Memory, Learning, And Attention For "Short Window" Of Time. Cognitive Ability Is Impaired When A Smoker Abstains For Long Period Of Time. http://www.nap.edu/download/24625 5 comments science
- Study Called for by President Turns Out to be Positive About Gun Ownership and Usage in the US (Most Gun Deaths are Suicides And Legal Gun Ownership Linked To Decreasing Crime) http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=18319&page=r1 34 comments politics
- U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13497 12 comments politics
- Fluoridation and Consequences? http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11571&page=r1 20 comments science
- great books series aimed at middle school girls with the stories of real women in science http://www.nap.edu/catalog/was/ 4 comments books
- Just published - Adverse Effects of Vaccines - Evidence and Causality - National Academy of Sciences - free to download PDF http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13164 498 comments science
- The National Academies Press Releases All PDF Versions of Books for Download FREE OF CHARGE - Get it while its hot! http://www.nap.edu 15 comments science
- Did you _want_ to know about "loss of coolant events" and zirconium cladding fires? Here ya go! http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11263&page=38 4 comments science
- In the late 1920s, Dr. Castle found that chemicals in stomach acid can be used to treat terminally anemic patients. His treatment? He ate meals, then regurgitated them, and fed them to the patient. http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/wcastle.html 3 comments science