Topic: science funding
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Science Suffers Long After Shutdown Ends
A government shutdown causes long-term damage to American scientific progress by halting research, data collection, and public health monitoring, with effects that persist even after funding resumes. The 2025 shutdown is particularly risky as it coincides with policy shifts that threaten the trad...
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Budget Cuts Threaten Future Drug Development, Study Finds
Proposed federal budget cuts of 40% to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would eliminate research grants historically responsible for nearly half of all new medicines, undermining future drug development. A retrospective analysis found that approximately half of newly approved drugs relied ...
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NASA's Science Budget Avoids Drastic Cuts
Congress approved a final NASA science budget for FY 2026 with only a 1% cut, rejecting a proposed 50% reduction and safeguarding core missions. The $7.25 billion allocation followed intense advocacy and is considered a major victory, though it does not reverse earlier workforce reductions. The o...
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NASA Science Mission Spared in Budget Cuts, Others Remain at Risk
NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid mission has been reinstated after facing budget cuts, securing its future to study asteroid Apophis during its close Earth flyby in 2029. The mission repurposes the healthy OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to observe Apophis, a sizable near-Earth object that poses no immediate th...
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