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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cdarwin@c.im ("Chuck Darwin") wrote:
German newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported that the Max Planck Society
—one of the world’s top scientific research institutions
—is experiencing an uptick in applications from American scientists.Its president said the society regards the U.S. as
“a new talent pool” at a time when the Trump administration seeks to cut billions in funding to the National Institutes of Health.There’s a deep historical irony in these recent developments:
During the Third Reich, it was the Max Planck Society
—then known as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society
—that lost its best and brightest to the U.S. and other countries, including Albert Einstein.https://newrepublic.com/article/191421/trump-emigration-wave-brain-drain