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‘A CALIBRATED, PRACTICAL APPROACH’: Speaking at a meeting of the G-7 foreign ministers in London, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declined to return fire in the wake of incendiary statements from North Korea in reaction to President Joe Biden’s reference to the North’s nuclear program as a “serious threat.”

It’s On: Recall Mania! Recall! RECALL!! Where is the great Paul Dooley when you really need him? (Film buffs will get the connection. That’s why he’s the thumbnail pic for this post.) Paul has made notice below that the recall of Gov. Gruesom appears to be on, barring some last minute shenanigans to disqualify the petitions. We’ve seen this movie before, and it ended with a hunky movie star getting elected governor out of a field of 135 candidates. Anyone can run—heck, I might even ...

April 20, 2021 – Executive recruitment firm BoardWalk Consulting has placed Johanna Chao Kreilick as president of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) in Cambridge, MA. Most recently, Ms. Kreilick managed the Open Society Foundations’ strategy unit responsible for planning, research and assessment for the foundations’ 50 global programs, national foundations and advocacy offices. She will officially join UCS on May 10. Boardwalk Consulting conducted an exhaustive nationwide search to f...

As Scientists Move Closer To Making Part Human, Part Animal Organisms, What Are The Concerns? Share Published 4 hours ago: April 20, 2021 at 4:00 pm To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix.   The recent announcement that scientists have made human-monkey embryos and cultured them in the...

20 April 2021 by: Andrea Korte Jane Lubchenco and Alondra Nelson are former members of the AAAS Board of Directors. | Left: The Aspen Institute, right: Robb Cohen Photography & Video Jane Lubchenco and Alondra Nelson are former members of the AAAS Board of Directors. | Left: The Aspen Institute, right: Robb Cohen Photography & Video Two past members of the AAAS Board of Directors are bringing their science policy expertise to the federal government as leaders in the White House ...

April 18 to 24 marks this year’s Earth Week celebration hosted by William & Mary Sustainability, giving the campus the opportunity to come together, listen and learn about the planet and each other.

Jordan Blair Woods, law professor and Faculty Director of the Richard B. Atkinson LGBTQ Law & Policy Program at the University of Arkansas School of Lw, Fayetteville, discusses Arkansass new law targeting key services needed Arkansas transgender youth... Last week, the state of Arkansas became the first state in the nation to effectively ban gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse youth. The law, H.B. 1570, prohibits youth under the age of 18 from receiving transitional or pube...

7 April 2021 by: Becky Ham Increases in federal R&D investment are supported by a bipartisan group of legislators, said Parikh. | National Press Club Increases in federal R&D investment are supported by a bipartisan group of legislators, said Parikh. | National Press Club President Joe Bidens proposals for $250 billion in R&D spending under the American Jobs Plan could be "transformative" for American science and technology — if they make it through the U.S. Congress, said A...

This event has passed. April 7 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Event Description Until recently, telehealth services were expensive, rarely available, and often of limited scope and quality. But the COVID-19 pandemic forced a rapid, radical expansion. To promote the adoption of telehealth services, the Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relaxed the requirement that providers communicate with patients through HIPAA-compliant platforms. Health care providers too...

Advocate for Social Change and Justice Published Apr 6, 2021 Cambridge, Mass. (April 6, 2021)—The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) announced today that Johanna Chao Kreilick, an executive officer at the Open Society Foundations, will be its next president. Founded in 1969 at MIT, UCS has grown to be a $46 million science-based advocacy organization that combines technical analysis and advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for a healthy, safe and sustainable future. ...