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- This is a issue that reaches far beyond people in the STEM fields and should concern anyone who values empirical research and science.
- Politicians who devalue expertise risk making decisions that do not reflect reality and must be held accountable.
- An American government that ignores science to pursue ideological agendas endangers the bear with us as pull together our mission statement and further details.
- efforts to interfere with scientific ability to communicate with Congress federal or state agencies or the public concerns us Stefano Bertuzzi chief executive of the American Society for Microbiology told BuzzFeed News in a statement.
- our knowledge there is not a precedent for communication freezes like this Gretchen Goldman research director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists told BuzzFeed News.
- Instead of adhering to the previous blanket ban on publishing documents ARS will follow guidance that instructs scientists to get approval from top officials before answering questions to legislation budgets policy issues and regulation according to email.
3. Wait, what?
- Although he made his name building extravagant gilded properties the new president has marveled to aides about the splendor of the White House and the lengths he must walk to retrieve something from a room.
- wife Melania went back to New York on Sunday night with their son Barron and so Trump has the television and his old unsecured Android phone to the protests of some of his aides to keep him company.
- His first breakfast at the White House was Saturday morning a buffet in the residence spread with fresh fruit pastries and other treats where his adult children and their families joined him.
- But Stucky who is broad and tall the nicest guy but built like a linebacker his boss tells me been that nervous and the video reached the Facebook feeds of million people huge big win for the news site.
- For the young news site the inauguration represented a chance to lift its status from a bootstrapping startup and ascend to the dominant ranks of conservative media a shift it believes making in part with its constant use of Facebook Live.
- magic of Mark Facebook algorithm is the social network can deliver this type of content directly to whomever wants it he to moderates who might not turn on Fox News but will click on a video dangling in their feed.
- ET is taking to the high seas.
- The online retail giant has begun handling shipment of goods by ocean to its warehouses from Chinese merchants selling on its on a role it previously left to global companies.
- The move marks latest step in a multiyear effort to build out its.
- Facebook has been working to improve Trending a box in the corner of the News Feed page that shows a list of top topics people are talking about on the platform since it became a lightning rod for criticism last spring.
- The goal Cathcart said is to make sure the topics and associated news articles reflect real world events generating significant discussion and engagement.
- Starbird also said the move away from personalizing the Trending list could also help get people out of filter affect a entire feed but does represent one place where all users might see the same content she said.
- The company also stresses that it wo use information gleaned from your private messages to target the ads and brands ca start conversations with you unless you make the first move.
- The company rolled out an ad format last fall that allowed brands to insert conversational prompts into running chats with users.
- The company execs warned last year that its run of explosive growth could slow down in the coming months as it maxes out ad space.
- Although he made his name building extravagant gilded properties the new president has marveled to aides about the splendor of the White House and the lengths he must walk to retrieve something from a room.
- wife Melania went back to New York on Sunday night with their son Barron and so Trump has the television and his old unsecured Android phone to the protests of some of his aides to keep him company.
- His first breakfast at the White House was Saturday morning a buffet in the residence spread with fresh fruit pastries and other treats where his adult children and their families joined him.
- President Trump who flew across the country on hundreds of nights during the campaign to sleep in his own bed has now spent five straight days in the unfamiliar surroundings of the White House.
- wife Melania went back to New York on Sunday night with their son Barron and so Trump has the television and his old unsecured Android phone to the protests of some of his aides to keep him company.
- His first breakfast at the White House was Saturday morning a buffet in the residence spread with fresh fruit pastries and other treats where his adult children and their families joined him.
