John Holdren, US President Barack Obama's choice as chief science adviser, faced a single criticism during his otherwise gentle Senate confirmation hearing on 12 February: over the years he had warned ...

John Holdren is no stranger to the spotlight. Over his long career in science, Holdren — a physicist by training — has worked on controversial issues such as climate change and nuclear ...

The National Academy of Sciences awarded Harvard Kennedy School professor John P. Holdren the Public Welfare Medal, its highest honor, on Wednesday. Holdren first joined the Kennedy School as a ...

President Barack Obama has nominated a Green Dream Team to guide the implementation of his ambitious climate and energy policies. John Holdren, a fierce ideological environmentalist, will be the ...

On May 8, 2013, Dr. John P. Holdren will be the keynote speaker in the President’s Distinguished Lecture Series, hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology President Nariman Farvardin. Holdren is ...

John P. Holdren, the President’s top science advisor, took to Facebook Live today to talk about the Obama Administration’s 100 favorite science and tech accomplishments. Along the way, he also ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. President Barack Obama’s new science advisor, physicist John Holdren, met the press this week, with mixed results for the ...

Drawn up by Lamar Smith (R-TX), chair of the House of Representatives science committee, the proposed “High-Quality Research Act” would require the NSF to prioritize projects that “advance the ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

GREENBELT, Md. — Officials in the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama continue to push back against a congressionally directed heavy-lift launch vehicle development that would salvage ...