More than 1,900 scientists write letter in 'SOS' over Trump's attacks on science
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/scientists-letter-trump-administration
Members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warned Americans of real danger in this moment
More than 1,900 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine signed an open letter warning Americans about the danger of the Trump administrations attacks on science.
The letter comes amid the administrations relentless assault on US scientific institutions which has included threats to private universities, federal grant cancelations and ideological funding reviews, mass government layoffs, resignations and censorship.
We see real danger in this moment, the letter states. We hold diverse political beliefs, but we are united as researchers in wanting to protect independent scientific inquiry. We are sending this SOS to sound a clear warning: the nations scientific enterprise is being decimated.
The National Academies of Sciences was established by an act of Congress in 1863, during Abraham Lincolns administration.
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