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src="/web/20060901121004im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/includes/20060823.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"><span class="date">Aug. 23 -- </span> NASA鈥檚 Space Communications Office, which manages satellites and ground stations used for telecommunications and for tracking spacecraft, is both well-managed and highly effective, says a new National Research Council report. However, NASA should develop a long-term plan for the program, ensure that future personnel needs are met, and address issues associated with the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, the report says. </p></td></tr> <tr><td><div id="homepage_ul"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060901121004/http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11718.html">Full Report</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="topnews"><tbody> <tr><td><h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="morenews/20060818.html">Screening of Historic Medical Cartoons</h3></td></tr> <tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="morenews/20060818.html"><img height="140" alt="" src="/web/20060901121004im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/includes/20060818.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"><span class="date">Aug. 18 -- </span> The National Academy of Sciences and the National Library of Medicine will co-host a film festival Oct. 25 and 26 featuring rare and historic animated cartoons from the 1920s to the 1960s representing many medical themes such as dental hygiene, venereal disease, and cancer. </p></td></tr> <tr><td><div id="homepage_ul"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060901121004/http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=08182006">News Release</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060901121004/http://www7.nationalacademies.org/arts/other_events.html">More Information</a> </li> </ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="topnews"><tbody> <tr><td><h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="morenews/20060816.html">'Transdisciplinary' Research Needed to Understand Determinants of Health</h3></td></tr> <tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="morenews/20060816.html"><img height="140" alt="A researcher talking with a woman (National Cancer Institute)" src="/web/20060901121004im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/includes/20060816.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"><span class="date">Aug. 16 -- </span> A shift from research conducted within individual disciplines to projects that engage investigators from a range of fields is needed to capitalize on expanding knowledge of how genetic, social, and environmental factors interact to influence health, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The National Institutes of Health and academic research centers should revise their funding and reward mechanisms to support this type of research. </p></td></tr> <tr><td><div id="homepage_ul"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060901121004/http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11693.html">Full Report</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060901121004/http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3740/24591/36574.aspx">Report Brief</a> </li> </ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <tr><td valign="top">  <table class="topnews" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr> <tr><td><p class="blurb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060901121004/http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews">More <i>Top News</i></a><br></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table> </td>   <td valign="top" width="50%" style="border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" valign="bottom" align="left"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060901121004im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/nav/images/tab_sh.gif" alt="Science in the Headlines " title="Science in the Headlines " width="182" height="20" border="0" align="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tagline" height="15">Breaking stories in science </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="border-right: 1px solid silver"><a name="sith"></a> <table class="sith"><tbody><tr><td> <h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="headlines/20060830.html"> Scientists Detect 'Proof' of Dark Matter</a></h3> </td></tr><tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="headlines/20060830.html"><img height="140" alt="The separation of luminous gas appears red, and dark matter appears blue. (NASA)" src="/web/20060901121004im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/includes/20060830.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"> <span class="date">Aug. 30 -- </span> By observing the collision of two distant galaxies, scientists say that they now have direct evidence of dark matter's existence. 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