{"id":26646,"date":"2025-04-25T12:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=26646"},"modified":"2025-04-25T13:24:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:24:54","slug":"trump-vs-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=26646","title":{"rendered":"Trump vs. Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">We explain the administration\u2019s cuts to research.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Late yesterday, Sethuraman Panchanathan, whom President Trump hired to run the National Science Foundation five years ago, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/04\/24\/us\/trump-news\/871986f5-20e0-5856-95ee-3ec6a6d33cd7?smid=url-share\" title>quit<\/a>. He didn\u2019t say why, but it was clear enough: Last weekend, Trump cut more than 400 active research awards from the N.S.F., and he is pressing Congress to halve the agency\u2019s $9 billion budget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration has targeted the American scientific enterprise, an engine of research and innovation that has thrummed for decades. It has slashed or frozen budgets at the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NASA. It has fired or defunded thousands of researchers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The chaos is confusing: Isn\u2019t science a force for good? Hasn\u2019t it contained disease? Won\u2019t it help us in the competition with China? Doesn\u2019t it attract the kind of immigrants the president says he wants? In this edition of the newsletter, we break out our macroscope to make sense of the turmoil.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6d3f01c1\">An investment<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">American research thrives under a patronage system that funnels congressionally approved dollars to universities, national labs and institutes. This knowledge factory employs tens of thousands of researchers, draws talent from around the world and generates scientific breakthroughs and Nobel Prizes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s a slow-moving system, because science moves slowly. Discoveries are often indirect and iterative, involving collaboration among researchers who need years of subsidized education to become expert. Startups and corporations, which need quick returns on their investment, typically can\u2019t wait as long or risk as much money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Science is capital. By some measures, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/31\/business\/economy\/trump-research-cutbacks-economy.html\" title>every dollar spent on research returns at least $5<\/a> to the economy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-kbghgg\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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He didn\u2019t say why, but it was clear enough: Last weekend, Trump cut more than 400 active research awards from the N.S.F., and he is pressing Congress to halve the agency\u2019s $9 billion budget.The Trump administration has targeted the American scientific enterprise, an engine of research and innovation that has thrummed for decades. It has slashed or frozen budgets at the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NASA. It has fired or defunded thousands of researchers.The chaos is confusing: Isn\u2019t science a force for good? Hasn\u2019t it contained disease? Won\u2019t it help us in the competition with China? Doesn\u2019t it attract the kind of immigrants the president says he wants? In this edition of the newsletter, we break out our macroscope to make sense of the turmoil.An investmentAmerican research thrives under a patronage system that funnels congressionally approved dollars to universities, national labs and institutes. This knowledge factory employs tens of thousands of researchers, draws talent from around the world and generates scientific breakthroughs and Nobel Prizes.It\u2019s a slow-moving system, because science moves slowly. Discoveries are often indirect and iterative, involving collaboration among researchers who need years of subsidized education to become expert. Startups and corporations, which need quick returns on their investment, typically can\u2019t wait as long or risk as much money.Science is capital. By some measures, every dollar spent on research returns at least $5 to the economy.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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