US loses in church vs. science

Here is more collateral damage of the White House war on science. The best stem cell researchers in the country turned down a prestigious position at Stanford University and are going to Singapore instead because their work won't be so restricted there.

This couple is likely to come up with significant breakthroughs in the field of cancer research. Any commercially or medically valuable applications will be patented and used in Singapore instead of benefiting Americans. The couple would have loved to stay here but the funding for the program seemed liable to be blocked or even withdrawn, at least partly because of religious extremists who would destroy all scientific inquiry in the name of God.