Biden’s Top Science Advisor Resigns After Acknowledging ‘Downfall’

WASHINGTON — Eric S. Lander, the president’s top science adviserHe resigned on Monday evening after admitting that he had humiliated and disrespected his colleagues, undermining President Biden’s promise to immediately dismiss any official who behaved in this way. “The President gratefully accepted Dr. Eric Lander’s letter of resignation this evening,” White House press secretary Jen …