National Academies Of Sciences, Engineering, And Medicine

A bottle of liquid oxycodone, an opioid pain relief medication, and a dose of the solution sit on a table in Washington, D.C., on March 29th, 2019.
News in Brief

Does the FDA's Plan to Regulate New Opioids More Strictly Go Far Enough?

The FDA has a key role to play in combating America's overdose epidemic, but advocacy groups debate whether it's doing enough.

Suboxone is one of the medications that is prescribed alongside counseling as part of medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction.
According to Research

Is Government Regulation Keeping Americans From Getting Addiction Care?

A new major report finds that laws around medication for opioid addiction aren't based in science.

National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C.
Social Justice

What America's Science Agencies Are Doing About Harassment

Activists are putting the pressure on the federal government to leverage its money against alleged sexual harassers.

Recent surveys have found that at least one in five female science, engineering, and medical students report being harassed by faculty or staff at their schools.
Social Justice

Harassment Is Rife in Science Labs—and University Policies Aren't Helping

Meanwhile, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is struggling with its own controversy over whether it properly punishes member harassers.

Though climate studies broadly show that global warming is happening and human-driven, scientists are still working to zero in on exact forecasts for the future.
Environment

What a 'Reproducibility Crisis' Committee Found When It Looked at Climate Science

The scientific community is working to make its predictions more accurate, but there's still a long way to go.

The Discoverer Enterprise drilling rig.
Environment

Trump Administration Halts Review of Offshore Oil Rig Safety Inspections

The study would have provided the government with recommendations for improvements to its offshore inspection program.