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ALS Patients Don’t Have Time for Political Games
- Cornell graduate students and faculty organized the McClintock Letters, a campaign launching on June 16 to share scientists' personal stories nationwide.
- They created this effort in response to widespread government research cuts and declining public trust caused by political attacks and funding delays.
- More than 500 researchers from all 50 states signed up to write op-eds on diverse topics, aiming to reach an estimated 8 million readers.
- Survey results indicate that public trust in scientists has declined from 87% in 2020 to 76%, and Emma Scales explained that the campaign seeks to connect scientists directly with the public by showing that researchers are the ones managing their funding.
- The campaign highlights the need for scientists to humanize their work to prevent further loss of trust and funding amid a hostile political climate.
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America Needs a ‘Woke’ Citizenry
A unifying theme of President Trump and his Republican Party’s approach to governing is to politicize every facet of citizens’ lives: medical research, higher education, science, the military, public radio and television, the judiciary system, social welfare programs, disaster relief, even weather forecasting.
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NBC WashingtonResearchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: talking to people
Scientists searching for a cure for cancer have no trouble finding public support. But for those studying potato disease, it’s a tougher sell. The Trump administration seems to have banked on the idea that the public will see much of scientific research as wasteful or arcane. It has slashed — or proposed slashing — billions in research funding. Faced with this existential crisis, academics are seeking new ways to rally public and political suppo…
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