I watched the webcast of the NAS State of Science address by outgoing NAS president Dr. Marcia McNutt .  (I did not watch the panel discussion afterward, so sorry if I missed critical pieces.)  A few thoughts on this: The intro music was a very classy baroque string quartet.  Hard not to think of this scene from Titanic . The main theme was about ways to revitalize US science, and there were six main points that she wanted to emphasize, each with examples of relevant projects underway, ways to m