Two of the U.S. scientists awarded the Nobel prize on Tuesday for opening up a new era of astronomy by detecting gravitational waves said they hoped the attention would make Americans less inclined to dismiss scientific consensus in favor of politics.

Joel Clement, who was reassigned after speaking out on climate change, says the administration ‘waged an all-out assault on civil service by muzzling scientists'.

Earlier today, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt strongly suggested that the agency will not consider any candidate for EPA’s science advisory committees who has received a grant from agency. Such a gobsmackingly boneheaded move would further hamstring the ability of the EPA to accomplish its public he