What Trump 2.0 means for science: the likely winners and losers
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As Donald Trump prepares for his second term as president of the United States, two starkly different outlooks are emerging among scientists and engineers. Some technology companies, space enthusiasts, artificial intelligence (AI) developers and others expect favourable policies for their fields in the coming years, and are hugely excited about the possibilities for exploration and innovation. Yet, for countless other scientists and academics — including those who work on climate, Earth sciences and biomedicine — there is concern that important research will be cut, deprioritized or vilified.
