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...Nicholas attends the First Council of Nicaea and helps create the Nicene Creed, which millions upon millions of Sunday School children will later memorize. Tip: children who mention this in their annual letter to Santa receive an average of 3 extra toys...
...leading Harvard geneticist who spearheaded the Human Genome Project will co-chair the incoming administration’s science and technology advisory council, President-elect Barack Obama announced over the winter break...
Eric S. Lander, founding director of the Broad Institute—a joint venture between Harvard and MIT for genetic research applied to medicine—will assist Obama on issues such as global warming and research funding as co-chair of the Council of Advisors on Science and Technology...
Lander will join a host of prominent scientists Obama has named as scientific advisers, including former National Institute of Health director Harold E. Varmus and Harvard climate and energy professor John P. Holdren, who will also be co-chairs on the council...
Obama named Holdren last Friday as his choice for assistant to the president for science and technology in addition to his position on the advisory council. In a statement released by MIT, Lander called the appointment both an honor and a responsibility to serve the nation...