‘Totally broken’: how Trump 2.0 has paralysed work at US science agencies

Trump’s science cuts could backfire on his own energy agenda

The Trump administration’s push to shrink federal science programs could end up sabotaging its own efforts to fast-track energy and mining projects.Michael Doyle and Ellie Borst report for E&E News.In short:Federal agencies like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Geological Survey are losing scientists due to layoffs, retirements, and budget cuts, threatening their ability to conduct the environmental reviews necessary to permit e…

Clinical trials face uncertain futures amid Trump cuts

The Trump administration has reportedly disrupted over 100 clinical trials. Science News spoke to researchers about the impacts on four of them.

Trump Cuts Should Trigger Loud Protests from Scientific Societies

Similar to other professions, science has organizations that represent scientists and the research they do. Too many are staying silent as Trump dismantles research

Trump funding freeze upends agricultural research at US universities

By Karl Plume and P.J. Huffstutter

‘Totally broken’: how Trump 2.0 has paralysed work at US science agencies

Researchers who spoke to Nature say they don’t have the money or staff to do fieldwork or process samples. Researchers who spoke to Nature say they don’t have the money or staff to do fieldwork or process samples.

Science Subsidy Trap: Why Public Research Funding Needs To End

The US government spends over $160 billion annually on scientific research. This massive expense is marketed to taxpayers as investment in groundbreaking research that fuels innovation and discovery. In truth, much of the federal science budget is expended on questionable and even fraudulent research. It’s time we eliminate it.