The human face of NZ's science funding cuts

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Kiwi scientists share how funding cuts have impacted their research and careers, in a new report from the Save Science Coalition. Many of the profiled researchers have been made redundant or have moved overseas to find work. The report's foreword says that these examples "speak of a weakening of our science system that we can ill afford in a time of increasing global competition and change."