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Salon
Salon
Science
Matthew Rozsa

Nobel Prize winners endorse Harris

More than eighty Nobel Prize laureates published an open letter on Thursday declaring that the scientific policies of Vice President Kamala Harris are “vastly superior” to the ones proposed by her opponent, former President Donald Trump.

Representing scientists from fields including chemistry, economics, medicine and physics, the 82 scholars said Trump’s opposition to federal funding for the sciences, independent universities, immigration rights and international collaboration “would undermine future U.S. leadership” on issues like expanding life expectancy and improving living standards. "Harris also recognizes the key role that immigrants have always played in the advancement of science," they added.

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