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Trump’s science cuts have thrown the research world into chaos

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Elon Musk holds a chainsaw reading "Long live freedom, damn it" during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 20. The chainsaw was a present to Elon Musk from Argentina's President Javier Milei. 

Harvard University is imposing a temporary freeze on hiring faculty. Columbia University is grappling with cuts to $400 million in federal funding. California Institute of Technology is leaving postdoctoral positions unfilled. A University of Washington researcher is wondering about a climate and health grant after a government site was taken offline.

These are just some of the disruptions that resulted from President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes to the federal government. Though the private sector has historically provided more funding for research and development in the U.S., experts say, Trump’s mass firings and freezing of billions of dollars appropriated by Congress could have ripple effects on the U.S. scientific enterprise for years to come.





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