Brain Drain: Talented Young People Are Abandoning Plans to Become Scientists as White House Undermines the Entire Career

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 is kickstarting a brain drain that could massively undercut the nation's supremacy in fields ranging from medicine to biology to physical sciences, as the New York Times reports. Meanwhile, the US h ... Read full article.