The new head of the US Academy of Sciences promises to “double down” on research0

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• July 6, 2026

Neil Shubin is an advocate for connecting scientists with the general public.Credit: Christopher Michel/National Academies On July 1, Neil Shubin, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago in Illinois, began his five-year term as president of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS), a nonprofit society of elected scholars. Shubin is best known for discovering