gclef<p>"Dozens of scientists interviewed since Trump’s inauguration say the administration’s actions are dismantling US science rather than improving it. “It’s not that there aren’t things that you can do to improve how science is funded. What the Trump administration is doing risks killing 'the golden goose' that is US science."</p><p>In some agencies, the intent seems to be to “cut until they can no longer deliver on their mission. Lay-offs at the National Weather Service (NWS), which have hindered its operations and forecasting capabilities. If the NWS could not function, it would then be easier to dissolve the agency altogether, which would open the door for private weather services to take its place. They want to privatize a lot of these essential public goods.”</p><p>But massive, cost-intensive fundamental research is unlikely to be replaced. “No one has the capacity of the federal government. You’re producing research, but you’re also training the next generation of scientists. Private industry can’t do that.”</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01295-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-01295-6</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a></p>