#Trump vs. #Science
American research thrived under a patronage system that funnels congressionally approved dollars to #universities, #nationallabs and institutes. Knowledge factory employs tens of thousands of researchers, draws talent from around world and generates scientific breakthroughs and #NobelPrizes.
#Facts are #elite, facts are fungible, facts are false. And once nothing is true, anything can be true.
Now some American scientists are looking for the exits.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/briefing/trump-vs-science.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CU8.WYEi.mEpRKVfKPweK&smid=url-share

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#NobelPrizes #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer

Sir Fraser Stoddart obituary https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/26/sir-fraser-stoddart #Nanotechnology #Nobelprizes #Chemistry #Science #UKnews

A visionary from Sweden: Meet Thomas Nilsson, our new Scientific Managing Director at GSI and FAIR! In this #interview, he talks about his plans for research, the glamor of #Nobelprizes - and his penchant for chainsaws 😯 A glimpse into the story behind an exceptional career!

👉 To the @helmholtz interview: https://www.helmholtz.de/en/newsroom/article/ich-will-das-wissenschaftliche-potenzial-voll-ausschoepfen/

#Leadership #Science #Innovation #GSI #FAIR © G. Otto, GSI/FAIR, privat

Prophet of the post-presidency: how Jimmy Carter changed the world https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/jimmy-carter-post-presidency #MiddleEastpeacetalks #Globaldevelopment #Nobelpeaceprize #JimmyCarter #Nobelprizes #USpolitics #Worldnews #Democrats #USnews #Aid

Nobel laureates urge US Senate to reject Robert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/10/fk-hhs-nomination-nobel-laureates-letter #Trumpadministration #RobertFKennedyJr #Nobelprizes #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #USSenate #USnews

The science behind winning a Nobel Prize? Being a man from a wealthy family | Torsten Bell https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/07/the-science-behind-winning-nobel-prize-being-man-from-wealthy-family-torsten-bell #Incomeinequality #Peopleinscience #Scienceprizes #Nobelprizes #Inequality #Science #UKnews

South Korea’s Martial Law Declaration Stirs Memories in Gwangju

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/world/asia/gwangju-massacre-human-acts-han-kang.html

Nobel prize winners endorse Harris and warn Trump would endanger future of science https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/25/nobel-prize-winners-endorse-kamala-harris #USelections2024 #Peopleinscience #Scienceprizes #KamalaHarris #Nobelprizes #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Science #USnews

Nobel prize winners endorse Harris and warn Trump would endanger future of science https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/25/nobel-prize-winners-endorse-kamala-harris #USelections2024 #Peopleinscience #Scienceprizes #KamalaHarris #Nobelprizes #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Science #USnews

Here are five open letters to Congress from #Nobel laureates supporting US policies requiring #OpenAccess to publicly-funded research, 2004-2012.

1. August 26, 2004, 25 signatures
https://web.archive.org/web/20080706140808/http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/nobelists2004.html

2. July 8, 2007, 26 signatures
https://web.archive.org/web/20080516201126/http://taxpayeraccess.org/bof.html

3. September 9, 2008, 33 signatures
https://web.archive.org/web/20130603055444/http://www.sparc.arl.org/bm~doc/nobelistssupportpa-08sept.pdf

4. November 10, 2009, 41 signatures
https://web.archive.org/web/20170505153835/http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/supporters/scientists/nobelists_2009.shtml

5. March 28, 2012, 52 signatures
https://web.archive.org/web/20130602222056/http://www.sparc.arl.org/bm~doc/2012-nobelists-lofgren.pdf

#NobelPrizes

Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton is the ‘godfather of AI’. Here’s an offer he shouldn’t refuse… | John Naughton https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/12/nobel-winner-geoffrey-hinton-is-the-godfather-of-ai-heres-an-offer-he-shouldnt-refuse #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Peopleinscience #Scienceprizes #Nobelprizes #Technology #Computing #Science

‘They don’t just fall out of trees’: Nobel awards highlight Britain’s AI pedigree https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/11/nobel-awards-highlight-britains-ai-pedigree-demis-hassabis-geoffrey-hinton #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Researchanddevelopment #UniversityofGlasgow #UniversityofLondon #Researchfunding #Sciencepolicy #Universities #Nobelprizes #Technology #Education #Computing #Chemistry #Research #Science #Physics #UKnews

‘They don’t just fall out of trees’: Nobel awards highlight Britain’s AI pedigree https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/11/nobel-awards-highlight-britains-ai-pedigree-demis-hassabis-geoffrey-hinton #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Researchanddevelopment #UniversityofGlasgow #UniversityofLondon #Researchfunding #Sciencepolicy #Universities #Nobelprizes #Technology #Education #Computing #Chemistry #Research #Science #Physics #UKnews

Demis Hassabis: from video game designer to Nobel prize winner https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/09/demis-hassabis-from-video-game-designer-to-nobel-prize-winner-google-deepmind-ai- #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Peopleinscience #Consciousness #Scienceprizes #Humanbiology #Neuroscience #Nobelprizes #Psychology #Technology #Computing #Science #UKnews #Games

"Are #NobelPrizes now being awarded for theoretical tools that enable discoveries rather than to the discoveries themselves?"

#science #nobel2024

https://hectorzenil.medium.com/has-the-nobel-committee-jumped-on-the-ai-hype-train-eb47f88efcc1

All the news and science from the 2024 Nobel prizes – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2024/oct/09/all-the-news-and-science-from-the-2024-nobel-prizes-podcast #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Scienceprizes #Nobelprizes #Technology #Chemistry #Computing #Science #Physics

Demis Hassabis: from video game designer to Nobel prize winner https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/09/demis-hassabis-from-video-game-designer-to-nobel-prize-winner-google-deepmind-ai- #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Consciousness #Scienceprizes #Humanbiology #Neuroscience #Nobelprizes #Psychology #Technology #Computing #Science #UKnews

Google DeepMind scientists win Nobel chemistry prize https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/09/google-deepmind-scientists-win-nobel-chemistry-prize #Nobelprizes #Chemistry #Worldnews #Science

Google DeepMind scientists win Nobel chemistry prize https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/09/google-deepmind-scientists-win-nobel-chemistry-prize #Nobelprizes #Chemistry #Worldnews #Science