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Funded-Cut Biologists Turn Motel Room into Makeshift Lab, Make Discovery
Original: Rag Tag Team of Biologists Who Lost Funding Because of Trump Turned a Motel Room into Makeshift Lab and Made a Groundbreaking Discovery
A group of biologists who lost their research funding amid cuts under the Trump administration continued their work in a makeshift laboratory set up in a motel room, and have now made what is being described as a groundbreaking discovery. The story has drawn attention as an example of scientists persevering despite funding cuts.
Why now: It highlights the real-world consequences of US science funding cuts, showing researchers finding unconventional ways to keep working.
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