As the Trump administration continues its crusade against the institutions of science, the careers of would-be researchers in the US are on the line.
President Donald Trump has suggested slashing NASA's science directorate's budget in half, which could deal a fatal blow to dozens of future science missions and greatly undermine the United States' leadership in space, experts warn.
Trump's outright anti-science agenda could have devastating knock-on effects for anybody looking to make a career in the sciences, preventing the next generation of researchers from flourishing — and likely curtailing decades of cutting-edge research that long distinguished the US on the world stage.
Researchers are already looking for greener pastures as job opportunities dry up in the US. The troubling trend