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Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it

Guardian, Colette Delawalla, Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek, 29 May 25

The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science.

Science is under siege.

On Friday evening, the White House released an executive order called Restoring Gold Standard Science. At face value, this order promises a commitment to federally funded research that is “transparent, rigorous, and impactful” and policy that is informed by “the most credible, reliable, and impartial scientific evidence available”. But hidden beneath the scientific rhetoric is a plan that would destroy scientific independence in the US by giving political appointees the latitude to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with the current administration’s objectives. In other words: this is Fool’s-Gold Standard Science…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/29/trump-american-science

June 2, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | technology, USA