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N.A.S.

American  
Or NAS

abbreviation

  1. National Academy of Sciences.

  2. naval air station.


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Geordie Williamson, of the University of Sydney and a DeepMind collaborator, spoke at the N.A.S. gathering and encouraged mathematicians and computer scientists to be more involved in such conversations.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2023

He and another Academies member had concluded “that the N.A.S. should disassociate itself from the Sacklers.”

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

The resulting fire, the N.A.S. and anti-nuclear watchdogs have cautioned, could send across Cape Cod and northern New England many times the amount of radioactive cesium-137 released in the Chernobyl disaster.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 25, 2016

But N.A.S. president and co-founder Stephen H. Balch, 47, insists that the N.A.S. seeks only to maintain the standards of excellence that have made U.S. universities the world's envy.

From Time Magazine Archive

In response to the N.A.S. report, the White House may ask for at least part of a $50 million investigation of nuclear winter that is under consideration.

From Time Magazine Archive