The Download: Trump's impact on science, and meet our climate and energy honorees

The Download: Trump's impact on science, and meet our climate and energy honorees How Trump's policies are affecting early-career scientists--in their own words Every year MIT Technology Review celebrates accomplished young scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors from around the world in our Innovators Under 35 list. We've just published the 2025 edition . This year, though, the context is different: The US scientific community is under attack. Since Donald Trump took office in January, his administration has fired top government scientists, targeted universities and academia, and made substantial funding cuts to the country's science and technology infrastructure. We asked our six most recent cohorts about both positive and negative impacts of the administration's new policies. Their responses provide a glimpse into the complexities of building labs, companies, and careers in today's political climate.