US officials are probing multiple scientists’ deaths and disappearances as a potential national security risk, yet Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says there’s no clear pattern linking them. His bigger warning: America is losing scientific leadership as science gets deprioritized. Loeb calls for stronger investment in federal science agencies, arguing they are essential to national security.
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