Wikipedia's article on the National Academy of Sciences, the United States' congressionally chartered scientific advisory body, covering its 1863 founding and the Act signed by Abraham Lincoln. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Academy_of_Sciences
Source Typereference
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National Academy of Sciences (Wikipedia)
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This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Institutions, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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