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Former Scientific American editor Laura Helmuth resigned after going on a tirade about President Trump following the election. Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Scientific ...

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This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Roald Sagdeev has already watched one scientific empire rot from the inside. When Sagdeev began his career, in ...