Massive cuts to NASA science proposed in early White House budget plan: Report

Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science

Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say. Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.

THE INTERSECTION | What the New Era of McCarthyism Means for Science

Recently, a global alliance of civil society organizations called CIVICUS added the United States to a global watchlist, citing a narrowing state of civil rights. Although most people can still exercise their right to free speech and assembly, multiple attempts to violate rights, including mass arrests without evidence-based accusations, are occurring. This climate seems to eerily echo a phenomenon of anti-communist propaganda in the 1950s: McCa…

Brain Drain: How Trump’s Second Term Is Reshaping the Future of U.S. Science

As the Trump administration returned to office on January 20, a wave of uncertainty swept through federal institutions and the scientific community. Many researchers, particularly early-career scientists, have since expressed concern that they can no longer rely on the United States to support their work or broader scientific initiatives. According to a recent Nature poll of 1,650 U.S.-based scientists, a sobering trend has emerged: 75% of respo…

Science caught in crossfire of Trump's fight with universities

By Brad Brooks

Cuts to NASA science budget sees bipartisan opposition

The bipartisan chairs of the congressional planetary science caucus have come out against the White House's proposed NASA budget cuts in the first instance of across-the-aisle opposition to the plan.

Trump’s Science Cuts Will Be Felt for Generations

Researcher Laurence Plug sets up a camera and tripod as the aurora borealis shifts and sparkles above the Arctic Circle in Alaska. Plug is part of an ambitious three-year study funded by the National Science Foundation and NASA. (Photo by Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)MARCIA MCNUTT IS ONE OF THE MOST accomplished scientists of her generation—a world-famous geophysicist who has traveled the oceans and mapped their floor, helping t…