Over 1,900 researchers describe 'assault' on science by White House: 'We see real danger'

Under Donald Trump, the government is cutting funding for research institutions. Leading US scientists are now warning in an open letter of the dangers posed by underfunding research, while also talking about establishing a “climate of fear”, writes the German publication Der Spiegel.

More than 1,900 researchers warn in an open letter about the policy of the Trump administration. The US President had announced in recent weeks that he would cut hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and make massive redundancies.

Trump Administration Attacks on Science Trigger Backlash from Researchers

“The risks of remaining silent at this defining time are far greater than the risks of speaking out,” says one scientist regarding the Trump administration’s attacks on science

Over 1,900 researchers describe 'assault' on science by White House: 'We see real danger'

Nearly 2,000 scientists, engineers and researchers penned an open letter this week to the Trump administration calling for a stop to the “assault” on science.

Top scientists pen letter calling for end to 'assault on U.S. science'

Nearly 2, 000 doctors, researchers, and scientists have signed an open letter urging Americans to stop the erosion of scientific funding and integrity.

Left and green activists attack the freedom of teaching and research at the University of Würzburg. Evidence and protocols from the Speaker's Council of the Student Parliament indicate that they are even supported by the university management.A sad low point of a campaign that recalls the Stalinization of East German universities and universities after 1945 was yesterday a threatening letter that anonymously addressed the chair of modern history…