Nature (12 February 2025)

Daily Briefing: Quote Of The Day

“If anything, it is giving us more encouragement to continue to do this work, because it is the morally, philosophically and politically right thing to do.”

Astronomer John Barentine responds to changes made to the biography of astronomer Vera Rubin on the website of the Rubin Observatory. These seem to be in response to executive orders issued by US president Donald Trump, which banned federal funding related to topics including diversity, equity and inclusion

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