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‘Science needs defending’: record number of researchers run for office in US mid-terms
‘Science needs defending’: record number of researchers run for office in US mid-terms Nature, Published online: 16 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01134-2 Many Democrats making the switch to politics are motivated b…
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