The war on science reaches a new level.

[gleick@mas.to]

The war on science reaches a new level.

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board

[franco_vazza@mastodon.social]

@gleick Wow, even from the other side of the Ocean, this makes a big noise. Just incredible. Not even an attempt to publicly explain the reason behind this?
#science #physics

[daburudar@mastodon.social]

@gleick this is terrible for America, and quite bad for American science, but it'll likely benflefit academic institutions in countries that scientists will flee to, avoiding American persecution.

[santi@gone.lema.org]

@franco_vazza @gleick Conveniently announced while the home pages of all news outlets are overtaken by babbling about yesterday’s shooting at the White House Correspondent’s dinner.