Nasa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Earth science division is set to be stripped of funding in favor of exploration of deep space, with the president-elect having set a goal during the campaign to explore the entire solar system by the end of the century.<\/p>\n
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Is the sky falling? We may never actually know. Trump’s recent decisions are clearly designed to prevent the public from ever finding out. Secretary of Education Pick Betsy DeVos May Be a Disaster for Church\/State Separation “More pressing … is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-Ej","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3010,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3010","url_meta":{"origin":2499,"position":0},"title":"News Roundup 12\/10\/17","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell wrote a piece about the new instructional materials bill we have in Florida as well as the pre-filed bill that's waiting for the next legislative session: Book-banning \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a crusade for Florida's simplest minds. 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