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Top U.S. Scientists Speak Out against ‘Climate of Fear’ Wrecking U.S. Research
Despite fears that speaking out will make them targets, top researchers warn that the Trump administration’s “wholesale assault on U.S. science” will harm the nation
The funding cuts are forcing institutions to pause research (including studies of new disease treatments), dismiss faculty, and stop enrolling graduate students—the pipeline for the next generation’s scientists. Columbia University was recently notified that its federal funding would be withheld unless it adopted disciplinary policies and disabled an academic department targeted by the administration. It is using executive orders and financial threats to manipulate which studies are funded or published, how results are reported, and which data and research findings the public can access.
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