National Science Foundation director resigns after funding slashed

A National Science Foundation flight landing near Mcmurdo station in Antarctica . Copyright (c) 2019 Colin Harnish/Shutterstock.

Sethuraman Panchanathan has led the National Science Foundation (NSF) since President Trump appointed him in 2019. But he abruptly resigned yesterday after the same man ordered the agency's $9 billion budget slashed by 55% and …