'Science Under Siege' book details ideological attacks on science

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Published September 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM EDT

The cover of "Science Under Siege" and co-authors Peter Hotez and Michael Mann. (Courtesy of PublicAffairs, Peter Hotez, Michael Mann)

The new book 鈥溾€� details the politically and ideologically motivated attacks on science and what the public and scientific community can do to counter those attacks.

The book is co-authored by , a professor and the director of the at the University of Pennsylvania, and , the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and a professor at Baylor College of Medicine. He鈥檚 also co-director of the Texas Children鈥檚 Center for Vaccine Development.

Here & Now鈥榮 Scott Tong speaks to them about the book.

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