On eve of inauguration, the US president-elect raises chief scientist to a cabinet-level position, and vows a return to the Paris climate accord ‘with the urgency the science demands’
The European Commission’s 18th annual innovation scoreboard shows the EU has overtaken the US for the first time, while across Europe, the UK and Luxembourg lose their innovation leader status and Estonia joins the ranks of strong innovators
NSF plans to send more science envoys on foreign visits. “We’re more committed to international science than ever,” says Rebecca Keiser, head of international science and engineering
Carlos Moedas bemoans erosion of trust in science and fact that truth is now seemingly immaterial. “Politicians lie, people still vote for them, how crazy is that?” he tells the Euroscience Open Forum meeting in Toulouse