The incoming president signed a suite of executive orders last weekYURI GRIPAS/POOL/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockIn the first week of his second term, US president Donald Trump has thrown the countrys scientific apparatus into chaos, while at the same time anointing a new tech oligarchy. With a blitz of executive orders, hes set the US on a path that will derail climate goals, biomedical research and pandemic readiness.On 20 January, the first day of his presidency, Trump declared a national energy emergency and proposed expanding fossil fuel production on federal land, including a controversial move to open Alaskas Arctic National