Researchers in Canada prepare for turbulence in the wake of US funding changes — but there’s a silver lining. As US science policy continues to shift under the administration of President Donald Trump, the impacts are rippling beyond the nation’s borders. In Canada, researchers are feeling the heat. Canadian academics are some of the Americas’ […]
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Liberals keep power in Canada—thanks to Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to boost research. The Liberal Party, led by economist Mark Carney, won yesterday’s federal election in Canada and will remain in power, though it has apparently failed to secure a majority of seats in Parliament. Read more in Science.
Border towns in Charlotte County under strain amid U.S.-Canada trade war
The communities of St. Stephen, New Brunswick and Calais, Maine have historically always been close – many say it often feels like the border doesn’t exist and they are one town divided by a little more than a river. “I consider Calais just as much my hometown as St. Stephen,” says its Mayor Allan MacEachern. […]
St. Stephen mayor and other border mayors urge unity in face of tariffs
St. Stephen Mayor Allan MacEachern has joined an alliance of mayors from Canadian border towns to coordinate their response to sweeping 25 per cent tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. MacEachern was one of the first to join the group of more than 20 mayors set up by Drew Dilkins, mayor of Windsor, Ont. […]
US National Institutes of Health has become a political target—how did we get here?
One of the most admired research agencies in the world, the US National Institutes of Health, now has a huge target on its back. How did an organisation supported by both Democrat and Republican politicians become so vulnerable? The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has long been the gold standard for biomedical research around […]
Shrinking Protected Areas Can Hurt Genetic Diversity
Populations with a variety of genes can help a species adapt to threats like diseases and climate change. Protected areas like national parks and national monuments provide a refuge for not just a wide array of different species, but for a diversity of genes within those species, according to new research. The Trump Administration’s plan […]
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US ‘national drama’ drives theoretical chemist to move to Canada. Theoretical chemist Alán Aspuru-Guzik was among many US citizens who talked of moving to Canada after the November 2016 election of Donald Trump as US president. Now, Aspuru-Guzik has made good on his declaration, and will begin a new post in July. He explains how […]
Trump’s border-wall pledge threatens delicate desert ecosystems
Ecologists fear plan to seal off the United States from Mexico would put wildlife at risk. With Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talking about walling off the United States from Mexico, ecologists fear for the future of the delicate and surprisingly diverse ecosystems that span Mexico’s border with the southwestern United States. “The southwestern US […]