Where are the science activists now?

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Courtesy Julia Van Etten National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills A National Science Foundation payment system remained offline Thursday despite the lifting of the Trump administration funding freeze By Eric Boodman STAT+ | Trump's first term birthed the March for Science. Where are the science activists now? The March for Science was hailed as a generational shift in how scientists saw their public role. But now, their advocacy is more muted By Anil Oza Opinion: The federal research funding freeze holds the lifeblood of medical research ransom Here I am, standing at a metaphorical intersection, holding a cardboard sign that might as well read, "Will do cancer research for money." By David Victorson

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