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If Trump Gets His Way, America Won’t Be No. 1 in Science Much Longer

  • Executives, academics concerned about damage to U.S. science
  • Innovation boosted by immigrants seen at risk in crackdown
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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America’s century-old dominance in science and technology is slipping and top academics and executives worry Donald Trump’s insistence at curtailing immigration will only accelerate the decline.