Mastodawn

It would be nice to see some positive updates about the state of science in the US for a change.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-new-science-panel-includes-9-tech-billionaires-and-just-one-scientist/

Trump’s new science panel includes 9 tech billionaires—and just one scientist

There's a glaring hole in the president's new science and tech council

Scientific American

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skua

@matthewfacciani
"The sole academic researcher is John Martinis, a quantum physicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics last year for observations of macroscopic quantum phenomena. “I am honoured to be on the committee,” Martinis told Nature." SciAm March 27, 2026.

Wondering if Martinis feels as honoured to be on Trump's science committee as William Barr felt to be Trump's attorney general?

#JohnMartinis #WilliamBarr #Collaborators