Eric Lander

(Newser) - Update: President Biden's top science adviser resigned Monday after reports that he bullied staffers and created a toxic workplace environment. After Eric Lander's apologetic email to staff last week made headlines, the White House initially said corrective action would be taken at the Office of Science and Technology...

(Newser) - President-elect Joe Biden says "science will always be at the forefront of my administration," and he's elevating the post of science adviser to Cabinet level, a White House first. Biden, who planned to introduce his team Saturday, said the scientists "will ensure everything we do is...

(Newser) - Barack Obama today selected a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist for key science posts, in a sign he plans a more aggressive response to global warming than did the Bush administration. John Holdren and Jane Lubchenco are leading experts on climate change who have advocated forceful government action. “...