What We'll Never Know

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The Trump Administration has cancelled hundreds of research grants investigating vitally important questions. Here are examples of what we'll never know because of these cuts.

More cancelled research on climate change, by Kevin Gurney
Dr. Jessica Cantlon's groundbreaking research on how to increase spatial intelligence and the neural mechanisms underlying it.
Dr. Jennifer Kubuta at the University of Delaware discusses her research on analyzing political speech, with the goal of finding ways of bridging the partisan divide
Dr. Tala Navab-Daneshmand was conducting one of the largest projects ever studying antibiotic-resistant bacteria, until it was cancelled by the EPA.
Dr. Katie Edwards discusses how her clinical trial on how to mentor trans and gender minority youth was cancelled.
Dr. Jane Clougherty discusses her cancelled study on the effects of heat and pollution on children's health
The National Bee Center is being defunded
The Office of Naval Research cancelled an entire program of grants investigating human attention
We won't know better ways to get people to reject false information.
The Trump administration has made drastic cuts to science funding. Here's one example of what we won't know as a result.