The Sounds of Science from the National Academies
This informative and entertaining biweekly series of audio podcasts puts the spotlight on the high-impact work of the National Academies. Focusing on a wide range of critical issues in science, engineering, and medicine, these short 10-minute episodes are a quick and easy way to tune in to all the key findings and important recommendations made by the Academies.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 117
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2010
Breast Cancer Treatment: Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women
In this podcast the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine examines the psychosocial consequences of the cancer experience, specifically on breast cancer in women because this grou…
00:11:00 |
Fri 20 Nov 2009
School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children
This podcast provides a historical overview of the emergence of school meal programs and provides recommendations to update the nutrition standard and the meal requirements for the National School Lu…
00:10:59 |
Fri 06 Nov 2009
Learning Science in Informal Environments
Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. This podcast looks at what how an…
00:10:58 |
Fri 23 Oct 2009
Up in the Cloud: the New Age of Computing
The internet is entering a new phase that represents a fundamental shift in how computing is done. This phase, called the Cloud, is discussed by Kevin Finneran, editor-in-chief of Issues in Science …
00:10:40 |
Thu 08 Oct 2009
America's Uninsured Crisis
When policy makers and researchers consider potential solutions to the crisis of uninsurance in the United States, the question of whether health insurance matters to health is often an issue. This q…
00:10:10 |
Thu 24 Sep 2009
Weight Gain During Pregnancy: How Much is Too Much?
As women of childbearing age have become heavier, the trade-off between maternal and child health created by variation in gestational weight gain has become more difficult to reconcile. The Weight Ga…
00:10:21 |
Fri 11 Sep 2009
Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World
Humans coexist with millions of harmless microorganisms, but emerging diseases, resistance to antibiotics, and the threat of bioterrorism are forcing scientists to look for new ways to confront the m…
00:13:04 |
Fri 28 Aug 2009
What Works for Health Care?
There is currently heightened interest in optimizing health care through the generation of new knowledge on the effectiveness of health care services. This podcast looks at some of the basic findings…
00:10:17 |
Fri 14 Aug 2009
Revolutionizing Science: Managing Research Data in the Digital Age
As digital technologies are expanding the power and reach of research, they are also raising complex issues. These include complications in ensuring the validity of research data; standards that do n…
00:10:04 |
Fri 31 Jul 2009
Breaking the Cycle: Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate
Everyone--government agencies, private organizations, and individuals--is facing a changing climate: an environment in which it is no longer prudent to follow routines based on past climatic averages…
00:10:45 |
Fri 17 Jul 2009
Science 2.0: Communicating Science in a Web 2.0 World
The increasing popularity of blogs, social networking sites, and twitter has created many new and interactive forums for people to communicate about science. The National Academies recently invited …
00:10:44 |
Wed 01 Jul 2009
Aging Gracefully: Building the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America
As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health need…
00:09:15 |
Fri 19 Jun 2009
Lifting the Veil: Technology, Policy, Law and the Ethics of Cyberattack
The United States is increasingly dependent on information and information technology for both civilian and military purposes, as are many other nations. Although there is a substantial literature o…
00:10:33 |
Fri 05 Jun 2009
BeeGone: Pollinators in Crisis
Pollinators- insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction- are an essential part of natural and agricultural ecosystem…
00:10:21 |
Fri 22 May 2009
Back to the Future: The 1918 Influenza Revisited
Public health officials and organizations around the world remain on high alert because of increasing concerns about the prospect of an influenza pandemic, which many experts believe to be inevitable…
00:10:17 |
Fri 08 May 2009
Breast Cancer Treatment: Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women
In this podcast the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine examines the psychosocial consequences of the cancer experience, specifically on breast cancer in women because this grou…
00:11:00 |
Fri 24 Oct 2008
Examining Proceedings
PNAS is one of the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials and has been published by the National Academies since 1914. This podcast looks at the history and future of this publicati…
00:10:31 |
Fri 03 Oct 2008
Ready...Set...Science!
What types of instructional experiences help K-8 students learn science with understanding? What do science educators, teachers, teacher leaders, science specialists, professional development staff, …
00:10:28 |
Fri 12 Sep 2008
Engaging Schools
When it comes to motivating people to learn, disadvantaged urban adolescents are usually perceived as a hard sell. Yet, in a recent MetLife survey, 89 percent of the low-income students claimed I rea…
00:09:05 |
Fri 29 Aug 2008
China and India: Emerging Technological Powers
China and India, both with populations of over 1 billion, are drawing increasing attention from the United States. Their growing populations and interaction with the world presents both opportunitie…
00:10:52 |
Fri 22 Aug 2008
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