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"Welcome back to the
Abstract! This week, we have a very special edition of
the newsletter packed with everything I saw and heard at the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting, held in Phoenix from
February 12 to 14.
Founded in 1848, AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society, with
over 120,000 members. It operates with the mission of advancing “science,
engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all
people," according to its website. It’s also the publisher of
Science, a
leading collection of journals that have graced this newsletter many times.
The overarching theme this year was the damage inflicted on the U.S. science
sector by the Trump administration and how to best respond to it. Since Trump
returned to office, his team has terminated or frozen 7,800 research grants,
laid off 25,000 scientists and personnel from research agencies, and proposed
budget cuts of 35 percent to federal science funding, amounting to $32 billion,
according to
Nature.
It’s an epic own goal for American science leadership that is also
reverberating through the global scientific community. But experts at the
meeting highlighted the bright spots in the darkness, as the world learns to
respond to the new normal.
Excuse the quality of my pictures; I’m untalented as a photographer at the best
of times and I also refuse to part with my six-year-old iPhone SE. Without
further ado, here are the highlights from the meeting."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
