Scientists praise US president's pick of Alondra Nelson, a specialist in bioethics and social inequality.

Nature's guide tracks the US president's appointees who matter most to science.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. will bring with him the largest team of climate change experts ever assembled in the White House, and action on global warming is expected quickly.

Under Biden, genome-sequencing pioneer Eric Lander may become the most powerful scientist in US history. But he comes with some baggage.

Researchers found that the variant originated in California and showed up in more than half of samples tested last week by researchers in Los Angeles.

He has selected geneticist Eric Lander, who helped map the human genome, to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The president-elect detailed plans for an initial effort to fight the coronavirus and a subsequent one to address economic recovery.

The virus has killed American Indians at especially high rates, robbing tribes of precious bonds and repositories of language and tradition.

But 500 Women Scientists , formed in the aftermath of Trump’s 2016 election, still has plenty of work to do