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US Administration Accused of Widespread Attacks on Science
Original: New from the administration that took down open scientific datasets, halted scientific data-gathering projects, closed a
Critics are cataloguing what they describe as a systematic rollback of science under the current US administration, citing the removal of open scientific datasets, halted data-gathering projects, closed agency science programs, dismissals of science agency experts, slashed research funding, terminated approved grants, and restrictions on language in grant applications. Scientists online are sharing and amplifying the list, warning of lasting damage to US research capacity.
Why now: Researchers are reacting to what they see as an escalating pattern of anti-science policies from the US administration.
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Evidence
- New from the administration that took down open scientific datasets, halted scientific data-gathering projects, closed agency science programs, fired science agency experts, slashed research funding, terminated approved research grants, banned words in research grant… · petersuber@fediscience.org · 25
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