Akihisa Sakurai
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Akihisa Sakurai
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Trump has threatened to gut the world-renowned Smithsonian Institution with an executive order which aims to eliminate the museum network’s 'anti-American ideology.'

Trump wants to overhaul the world’s largest museum, education and research complex to "restore truth and sanity to American history."
Trump orders removal of ‘anti-American ideology’ from world’s largest museum
Trump to overhaul the world’s largest museum, education and research complex to ‘restore truth and sanity to American history’
www.independent.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM