When asked why he changed his mind, Bridenstine told The Washington Post, "I heard a lot of experts, and I read a lot. I came to the conclusion myself that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, that we've put a lot of it into the atmosphere, and therefore we have contributed to the global warming that we've seen."

Cancer biologist Inder Verma quit as board considered investigation’s findings.

As of May 2018, CORE has aggregated over 131 million article metadata records, 93 million abstracts, 11 million hosted and validated full texts and over 78 million direct links to research papers hosted on other websites.

Pedro Duque, who has been on two space missions, is the best-known face in a Cabinet lineup with more women than men.

Leading legislator Christian Ehler criticizes planning and budget for moonshot missions proposed by Commission - an idea not yet "changing the world".

European Commission’s next seven-year science-funding scheme - its biggest ever - will allow any country to join for a price.  The proposal confirms that the programme will be open to all countries for the first time, which will allow the UK to take part after Brexit.

MIT tops the list for a record seventh consecutive year. ETH Zurich ranks seventh - its best ranking ever.  EPFL also in top 25.

The balance of the EUR94.1 billion will go to fund fundamental science and innovation. The total for Horizon Europe represents about 10 percent of government research funding across the EU.

Award goes to biochemists Virginijus Siksnys, whose lab independently developed the gene-editing tool, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna.

Being inclusive gives research groups a competitive edge. It also happens to be the right thing to do.

Newly released guidelines open the door wider for foreign researchers, allowing them to lead public research projects.

The new exposure of peer review information through its public API provides opportunities for discoverability, analysis, and integration of tools.

Independent board will review agency decisions to repeal or change climate regulations and rules on the use of non-public data.

The United Kingdom wants a part in European science programmes after Brexit, but the European Union could put a high price on it.