Scientists need to understand the agenda of the new power in Congress and engage with it, says Peter Aldhous
AT FACE value, things look grim for science in the new US Congress, which met for the first time last week.
In its ““, the incoming Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has vowed to cut federal spending to the levels it stood at before President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus measures and the bank bailout. If that promise is applied across the board, researchers with bright ideas will find the door slammed in their faces. The National Science Foundation, for instance, would lose…
