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859: Chaos Graph

2025/4/27
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Annika Barber: 作为一名科学家,我习惯于用数据来组织和理解世界。然而,特朗普政府时期NIH研究经费审核会议的混乱让我感到困惑。虽然NIH网站显示会议正常进行,但实际上许多会议并未举行,导致大量科研经费申请无法得到审核。为了解决这个问题,我开始从联邦网站抓取数据,并与科学家们联系,整理成电子表格,帮助大家了解会议的实际情况。尽管会议后来恢复,但科研经费是否真正到位仍然未知,这让我感到我们像在“罗马燃烧时拉小提琴”。我渴望获得更多数据,了解科研资助的未来走向,但也许有些混乱是无法用图表来表示的。即使如此,我仍然会继续尝试,因为我无法忍受在不确定性中等待。

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People immersed in chaos try to solve for what it all adds up to.

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  • Prologue: A scientist who is used to organizing data starts tracking scientific meetings that seem to exist only on paper—meetings that might decide the fate of years of research. The NIH website shows one reality; the empty conference rooms tell another story. She graphs the chaos. (9 minutes)
  • Act One: American doctors returning from Gaza compare notes and start to see a pattern. (28 minutes)
  • Act Two: A woman watches her partner get taken in handcuffs with no explanation. Days later, she spots him in the most unexpected place. The coordinates of her life suddenly don't make sense as she navigates the bewildering map of the US immigration system. (23 minutes)

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