Trump’s re-election could empower peddlers of some of the worst anti-science ideas

Throughout a tight US presidential race, scientists and research advocates across the country enthusiastically backed current vice president Kamala Harris, expressing dire warnings about Donald Trump’s re-election. Just days before the votes were cast 82 Nobel laureates – including 18 who won the award for chemistry – mobilised to support Kamala Harris and warn that her opponent is a threat to democracy, as well as the US’s scientific enterprise.