U.S. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on Thursday that will give him and whomever he appoints unprecedented control over who and what projects receive what type of scientific funding from the federal government. (Photo by MEHMET ESER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
If you are a scientist, are interested in science or benefit in any way from science—which is basically everyone on Earth—you may want to pay close attention to the Executive Order that President Donald Trump just signed on Thursday . This order’s entitled “Improving Oversight Of Federal Grantmaking,” and guess who could have a lot more oversight as a result. The answer rhymes with Trump. It will give the President and whomever he appoints unprecedented contro