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US President Donald Trump as a judge in the Apes trial (Scopes trial), as he continues to oppose science as represented by Harvard University. Illustration by Avi Blizovsky via ideogram.ai

A century after the Apes trial: America is once again persecuting science

In 1925, a teacher who taught evolution was put on trial in an event known as the “Monkey Trial”; in 2025, the Trump administration is once again harassing universities, firing scientists, and bringing religion back into public schools. History repeats itself – in a bigoted version