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Scientists warn proposed NIH funding order could expand political control
Scientific American reports concern that giving political appointees authority over research grants would disrupt US science funding.
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Scientific American reports concern that giving political appointees authority over research grants would disrupt US science funding.

An expected executive order would give a new board oversight of National Institutes of Health funding decisions, according to reports citing administration discussions.
Physicist Giorgio Parisi says public debate on artificial intelligence is muddled, but downplays fears of machines evolving autonomously.