Scientists see Trump's firing of the National Science Board as an attack on research

The headquarters of the National Science Foundation in Alexandria, Va. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP The White House abruptly dismissed the entire board overseeing the National Science Foundation, informing each of its 22 seated members in a terse email on Friday that they had been "terminated, effective immediately." The move follows a Trump administration push for deep cuts to the NSF and raises concerns in the scientific community that a tradition of …