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PHOTO: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Will the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris—a transition made “orderly” with barbed wire, National Guard soldiers, and the closure of downtown Washington, D.C.—be remembered as an inflection point? After 4 years of boorish incivility, incendiary nativist extremism, a crippling pandemic, resurgent racism, and riotous mobs incited to attack the Capitol, can the United States rebuild its civic and moral infrastructure? T...

PHOTO: ANDY DELGIUDICE As the United States steadies itself, recovering from COVID-19 and preparing for future crises, it must draw upon what Eric Lander, the nominee for director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), called “Americas greatest asset…our unrivaled diversity.” To achieve this goal, OSTP must have the resources and authority to go beyond eloquent words and deliver solid accomplishments for the nation and world. Diversity is a double-edged sword. When complem...

Biden aims for comprehensive climate approach as he halts new oil and gas leases on federal land CNN 1/27/2021 © Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images President Joe Biden signed several executive actions related to the climate crisis on Wednesday, including one directing the secretary of the interior to pause on entering into new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or offshore waters. Biden and other administration officials have emphasized that the White House is taking a "whole of government...

Biden aims for comprehensive climate approach as he halts new oil and gas leases on federal land CNN 1/27/2021 © Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images President Joe Biden signed several executive actions related to the climate crisis on Wednesday, including one directing the secretary of the interior to pause on entering into new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or offshore waters. Biden and other administration officials have emphasized that the White House is taking a "whole of government...

Biden to halt new oil and gas leases on federal lands and take other climate-related action January 27, 2021 8:42 AM CNN Equipment at a fracking well is pictured at Capitan Energy on May 7, 2020 in Culberson County, Texas. - For oil and gas producers in the worlds largest oil field, straddling the border between Texas and New Mexico, the losses due to the collapse of oil prices are colossal. (Photo by Paul Ratje / AFP) (Photo by PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images) (CNN) �...

John Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, administers the oath of office to U..S. President-elect Joe Biden during the 59th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. . Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as president and vice president of the United States last week,their inauguration marked a historic moment on several levels, including an unprecedented degree of Jewish represe...

January 25th, 2021 Kevin Lamarque / reuters In each of its annual budget requests, the Trump administration made deep funding cuts to federal research spending, in spite of Congress’ consistent refusals. However, the administrations 2021 proposal actually sought to promote AI and quantum computing research. It asked for double funding to those departments in the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, Darpa, and the Joint AI Center to $2 billi...

Biden appoints geneticist Eric Lander as scientific adviser US President Joe Biden has selected geneticist Professor Eric Lander as his presidential scientific adviser. Should the appointment be confirmed by the Senate, Professor Lander will sit in Bidens cabinet as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the first presidential scientific adviser to do so. This would also be the first time a biologist has ever held the position. As he announced his team, Biden said: scien...

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Experts predict a reset of transatlantic collaboration The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) expects academic collaboration with the United States to improve under the new presidency of Joe Biden. Prospects for a reset of transatlantic relations were discussed online two days before Biden took office by a roundtable of experts from both countries. DAAD President Joybrato Mukherjee views Biden’s choice of geneticist Eric Lander as presidential science advisor and director of the Office o...