SEVEN DAYS

摘要

Last months shutdown or the US government, during which many 'nonessential' federal workers were sent home, resulted in 6.6 million lost workdays and cost US$2 billion in staff pay, the White House Office of Management and Budget said on 7 November. The 16-day shutdown, which began on 1 October, also curtailed the US Antarctic programme field season, cut back influenza monitoring and resulted in the loss of observing time at major telescope facilities. See go.nature.com/u5kntz for more.