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SunSeeker

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Mon Mar 31, 2025, 11:30 AM Mar 31

Three-fourths of polled American scientists say they are considering leaving U.S. [View all]

Trump administration scientific research budget cuts appear to have prompted three-fourths of polled scientists to say they're considering leaving the United States for Europe or Canada.

The poll, published in the scientific journal Nature, revealed 75.3% of the responding scientists are considering leaving, while 24.7% are not.
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One genomics and agriculture grad student responding to the poll said, "This is my home -- I really love my country. But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now."

One example of research cuts is at the National Institutes of Health. At the NIH, all research on what Trump and Musk consider "equity" issues like Black maternal health and HIV research was cut.

https://l.smartnews.com/p-jUucDpL/hvARrM

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