Chuck Darwin<p>More than 1,900 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine signed an open letter -- warning Americans about the “danger” of the Trump administration’s 💥attacks on science.</p><p>The letter comes amid the administration’s relentless assault on US scientific institutions <br>which has included <a href="https://c.im/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a> to private universities, <br>federal grant <a href="https://c.im/tags/cancelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancelations</span></a> and ideological funding reviews, mass government <a href="https://c.im/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a>, resignations and <a href="https://c.im/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a>.</p><p>“We see real danger in this moment,” the letter states. <br>“We hold diverse political beliefs, but we are united as researchers in wanting to protect independent scientific inquiry. <br>We are sending this SOS to sound a clear warning: the nation’s scientific enterprise is being decimated.”<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/scientists-letter-trump-administration?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/31/scientists-letter-trump-administration?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>