WASHINGTON: From cancer cures to climate change, President Donald Trump´s administration has upended the American research landscape, threatening the United States´ standing as a global science leader and sowing fear over jobs and funding.
Mass layoffs at renowned federal agencies. Billions in research grants slashed. Open threats against universities. Bans on words linked to gender and human-caused global warming - all within the first 100 days.
“It´s just colossal,” Paul Edwards, who leads a department at Stanford University focused on the interaction between society and science, told AFP. “I have not seen anything like this ever in the United States in my 40 year career.”