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Working hypothesis: From slow ramblers to asteroid Ryugu

1 May 2019

Working hypothesis: From slow ramblers to asteroid Ryugu


Kelvin Droegemeier

Donald Trump may finally appoint a science adviser after 18 month wait

1 August 2018

Kelvin Droegemeier, a weather researcher, has been nominated to be the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy


Six pollution policies gutted by Scott Pruitt - and what happens next

Six pollution policies gutted by Scott Pruitt - and what happens next

9 July 2018

Scott Pruitt resigned from the US Environmental Protection Agency, and his successor is likely to continue gutting regulations that limit air and water pollution


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Politics chat on Reddit reads like it was written by 6-year-olds

28 November 2017

You’re not imagining it: after 2016, the sophistication and civility of political discourse on sites like Reddit dropped from secondary school reading levels to barely literate


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Americans already feeling effects of climate change, says report

8 August 2017

A leaked report says evidence that humans are responsible for climate change is strong – but it remains to be seen how the Trump White House will react


Trump's proposed 2018 budget cuts science and healthcare

Trump’s 2018 budget slashes funding from healthcare and science

23 May 2017

Medicaid is slated to lose billions of dollars in funding, as are many medical, humanitarian and scientific organisations


Scott Pruitt

Industry experts may replace dismissed EPA advisory scientists

9 May 2017

The Trump administration has dismissed several scientists from the advisory board of the US Environmental Protection Agency and may replace them with people from industry


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