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English By Kathleen Struck Share on Facebook Print this page Since taking office in January, President Joe Biden has reaffirmed a national commitment to integrity in scholarship and research, appointing scientists to numerous leadership roles.   Educators and experts applaud these appointments and say elevating intellectual integrity in research and science will take the combined effort of universities, industry and the public, too.     ...

Eric Lander Illustration: Alex Hogan/STAT; Photo: AP WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s presence at meetings of the Obama administration’s scientific advisory council sometimes tested his staff’s patience. It wasn’t that the vice president was unwelcome, of course. It was that Biden’s tendency to linger long after the meetings ended invariably caused scheduling hiccups. From his seat across the table from Eric Lander, then the council’s co-chair, Biden would pepper the gro...

Transcript of President Bidens speech before signing executive orders on climate action Published  WASHINGTON - Today is "Climate Day" at the White House and — which means that today is "Jobs Day" at the White House.  We’re talking about American innovation, American products, American labor.  And we’re talking about the health of our families and cleaner water, cleaner air, and cleaner communities.  We’re talking about national security and America leading the world in a clean ener...

NASA delays moon lander awards as Biden team mulls moonshot program NASA needs more time to pick its ride to the moon Share this story Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images NASA last week quietly delayed its plan to award two high-profile crewed lunar lander contracts, moving the finish line back two months for a crucial program under the Trump administration’s hasty timeline to get astronauts on the moon in 2024. With short funding from Congress and a new administration focus...

by Patrick J. McShay “Democrats are determined to snuff out freedom of speech and assembly to protect the corporate ruling order while pretending it’s to safeguard Black people.” by Glen Ford (informationclearinghouse.info) “There are things you can’t do by Executive Order unless you’re a dictator. We’re a democracy, we need a consensus.” — Joe Biden (2020) “The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim. Nothing less than to create a system of financial control i...

5 min read        President Joe Biden signed a presidential memorandum Wednesday to prevent political appointees from interfering with the work of career federal scientists. The memo, in addition to raising the profile of senior career officials at scientific agencies, seeks to increase transparency around agency research and regulations, and to make federal data sets more accessible to researchers and the public. It also directs agencies to review their websites for content created sinc...

In Memoriam: Hamlet Batista Has Passed Away The industry reacts to the sad news of the passing of Hamlet Batista, CEO of RankSense and a Search Engine Journal contributor. Bio 307 Batista was the CEO and founder of RankSense. He has also spoken at many industry conferences over the past few years, including Pubcon, SMX, and SEJ eSummit. William Galán shared the news on Twitter just a few hours ago about the passing of his boss. My boss, a great man, a teacher, a great coder, a father and a ent...

Science for just $15 USD. Summary In picking a science team of prominent researchers who have extensive knowledge of the federal government, President Joe Biden has signaled that science would play an elevated role in his administration. At a 16 January press conference, Biden formally introduced mathematician and geneticist Eric Lander to be both director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and his science adviser. If the Senate confirms him as OSTP director, Lan...

Jan. 28, 2021 , 12:00 PM A memo by outgoing President Donald Trump on how to prevent China and other U.S. adversaries from gaining improper access to research funded by the federal government is getting surprisingly positive reviews from research advocates. Issued on 14 January, National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM)-33 offers a list of directives to federal agencies, universities, and individual scientists on how protect national security without abandoning the hallmark openness of U...