Digital assets are subject to degradation from "heat, humidity, static electricity, and electromagnetic fields," the 2007 academy report warned.
U.S. academies find researchers getting better at attributing heat waves, cold snaps, and other events to climate trends.
But the academy can't cover its electricity and heating bills with grants, which don't include overhead costs, says Horejsi.
Shortly after the article appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in April, a members-only session held on the last morning of the academy's annual meeting generated a "very heated" discussion, Varmus said.
Warm-ups are hard and on most days consist of running in circles around the academy, then doing leg squats, push-ups and situps until the heat starts burning your muscles from the inside.
Meade Warthen, a civilian spokesman for the academy, stands by the academy's efforts, adding that it takes heat not only from critics like Weinstein but also from those who say it does too much to accommodate other religions.
Weaver Academy serves about 700 students a year in everything from heating and air conditioning to computer graphics in north central North Carolina.
Now, the academy has apparently given the go-ahead for its teachers to pack heat – the thought, I suppose, being that more guns will dissuade mass shootings.
But some of the measures are likely to face resistance, according to several academy members, who cautioned against the board moving too quickly in the heat of a crisis.
Mr. Mirisch, 88, served a number of terms as the academy's president and won a best picture Oscar in 1968 for "In the Heat of the Night".
