Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration

Researchers serving on the National Science Board, which advises the US National Science Foundation, received a brief email on Friday telling them that they had been dismissed. Credit: Briscoe Savoy for Nature All 22 members of the advisory board that advises and oversees the US National Science Foundation (NSF) , a leading funder of basic science, were fired on 24 April without explanation. …