—Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in a statement admitting missteps by the agency in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic (August 17)
—A recent Nature editorial emphasizing the importance of supporting research on Earth’s forests in the face of a rapidly changing climate (August 16)
—Jane Lubchenco, deputy director of climate and environment at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, in a statement addressing a decision by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to bar her from receiving NAS honors and participating in NAS publications or programs for five years after she edited a now-retracted PNAS paper that included outdated data and was coauthored by Lubchenco’s brother-in-law, who was also her former PhD student (August 16)
—Peter Lucas, a George Washington University anthropologist, speaking to The Scientist about a recently published Science Advances study suggesting that chewing likely ...
