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Hey, US scientists: break the outrage addiction, says this Brazilian researcher. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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"I imagine people 1,000 years from now ... who want to know about this critical moment in history when, for the first time, we were stepping into space." - space historian @planet4589.bsky.social, in a great Q&A with @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...

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💰 Near-final drafts from Trump's budget office suggest he'll propose major cuts to: 🌤️ Climate research at NOAA - story by @voosen.me www.science.org/content/arti... 🔭 Earth, planetary & astrophysical science at NASA - story by @joelachenbach.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025... 🧪

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Universities in red states, small state schools, and HBCUs are among those hardest hit by the Republican administration's cancellation of $2.3 billion in NIH grants. @maxkozlov.bsky.social breaks down the numbers in a @nature.com exclusive: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

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Echoing Trump, Pierre Poilievre's election pitch includes pledge to end "woke influence" in university research. My story for @science.org 🧪 #cdnpoli www.science.org/content/arti...

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I wrote about Trump cuts at the ends of the Earth, to NSF support of science in Antarctica. 🧪 “We’re all trying to find other ways of doing our research,” says @leighstearns.bsky.social, “because they are not the stable entity.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Intriguing back-and-forth just now between Senator Markey and Jared Isaacman, in which Isaacman would neither confirm nor deny that Elon Musk was in the room when Trump offered him the job of NASA administrator.

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There's a lot of talk about inspiring future STEM workers, including girls, at Jared Isaacman's hearing today to be the next NASA administrator. That will be harder to accomplish since NASA has recently demolished many initiatives to bring underrepresented groups into science.

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The NSF's flagship fellowship program typically gives offers to 2,000+ young scientists. This year, in the face of looming budget cuts, that number was halved: only 1,000 received an offer. Our story on what that means for the science talent pipeline: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Nature reporters' ongoing coverage of Trump 2.0 impacts on science and scientists is collected here: www.nature.com/collections/... Reach me at alexwitze.01 on Signal, or witzescience[at]gmail.com, with tips, feedback, follow-ups, anything we should be covering, etc.

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For those saying the mainstream media is not covering the HandsOff protests, it is top or near the top of my four main apps (WashPost, AP, BBC, NYT).

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The NIH can't study transgender health unless it's about 'regret' about transitioning. Scoop by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

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"Frankly unconscionable" "NIH will cease to function" @maxkozlov.bsky.social covers Trump's purge of leadership at the National Institutes of Health, the world's leading biomedical research agency 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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NSF says everything is good, but there's a lot less money going out the door. www.science.org/content/arti...

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We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Here at the ASSW Arctic science conference in Boulder, a poster describing research done with US federal funds has words including “ethical” and “equity” crossed out. 🧪

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NOAA just sent around notice that its annual global monitoring conference (the meeting where everyone talks about tracking global atmospheric change) is not happening. "We are taking a short hiatus in holding GMAC while redefining our approach to the GMAC organization." gml.noaa.gov/gmac/

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As always, @caseydreier.bsky.social has the actual receipts

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Here’s more detail on the $420 million NASA says it has cut in contracts and grants. Oh wait - there is little detail publicly available. spacenews.com/nasa-termina...

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From a spokesperson just now: “NASA is committed to optimizing its workforce and resources in alignment with [DOGE] initiatives. As part of this effort NASA has identified and phased out $420 million in contracts that were determined to be redundant or misaligned with our core mission priorities."

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Heard about that French scientist who got turned away at the border? @heidiledford.bsky.social & I report on researchers' increasing anxiety about traveling in or out of the US: 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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I'm alexwitze.01 on Signal. Send me NASA gossip, stories of how Trump 2.0 is affecting your research, cat photos, detailed war plans. All good.

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“Ah, yes. The Gulf of America. This is why we can't have nice things.”

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Space sustainability in today's @nature.com: 🛰️ How satellite constellations & #astronomy can learn to get along www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🛰️ Next steps for dark and quiet skies www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🙃 Stop Dropping Space Debris On Our Heads www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 28 days ago • 7 comments

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This is the story you need to read to understand how RFK Jr's anti-vaccine agenda could Make America Contagious Again. By @heidiledford.bsky.social for @nature.com. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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These frustrated scientists want to leave the US. Do you? Take @nature.com's poll: 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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