Nobel-Winning Scientist Says His Researchers Are Fleeing the Country Because of Trump's Cruelty

The Trump administration has launched such an offensive against American science and research that it is almost difficult to identify its consequences. While research projects are internationalized, the American crisis is transmitted by domino effect. Programs are suspended, and access to common databases is threatened.

Nobel-Winning Scientist Says His Researchers Are Fleeing the Country Because of Trump's Cruelty

Last year, University of Washington School of Medicine professor of biochemistry David Baker won the Nobel Prize for his work on designing proteins that can be used in drugs, vaccines, materials, and sensors. But now that the Trump administration has begun to diminish the role of research and gut scientific funding, around 15 of Baker's graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are looking to leave the US, NBC News reports. A major funding …

Since Donald Trump won the election, many American intellectuals began to assess the possibility of leaving the United States. When the president entered the White House, and began cutting university budgets, “evaluation” became a necessity, and today, according to a survey by prestigious Nature magazine, three-quarters of resident academics are thinking of leaving the country. Strong changes in higher education – including budget cuts, eliminat…

David Die Dejean is passionate about studying tuna, and last year he landed a dream job at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Miami to work in research. In January, he settled in and began working alongside his colleagues, which he said he enjoyed very much. Then, in mid-February, he received an email telling him to vacate the premises within 90 minutes, Reuters reports.

Now scientists are afraid to submit papers on evolution

This Washington Post article (click headline to read, or find it archived here), shows how chilled the research climate in America has become because of the Administration’s threats.  And the Admin hasn’t even =said anything about evolution yet.  (Has anybody ever asked Trump or RFK Jr. whether they accept evolution?) The threats involve not just the potential of being demonized for publishing on a subject that the administration might denigrate…

Nobel-Winning Scientist Says His Researchers Are Fleeing the Country Because of Trump’s Cruelty

"Things have gotten quite bleak." Last year, University of Washington School of Medicine professor of biochemistry David Baker won the Nobel Prize for … Source