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Trump budget would slash science programmes across government

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Proposed cuts include 11% at the National Science Foundation, 18% at the National Institutes of Health and 30% at the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Reardon, S., Tollefson, J., Witze, A. et al. Trump budget would slash science programmes across government. Nature 546, 19–20 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.22036

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