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Is science in danger?

2025/2/17
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Researcher: 作为一名职业生涯早期的科学家,我非常担心科研经费的削减会影响我的职业发展。如果我无法获得研究经费,我的整个职业生涯轨迹将会改变。这种不确定性让原本就艰难的职业生涯变得更加困难,许多人可能会因此离开科研领域。美国曾经是世界上做科研最好的地方,但现在这种地位受到了前所未有的威胁,我感到非常难过。 Derek Lowe: 目前的情况非常混乱,没有人真正了解全貌。科研机构内部士气低落,人们对未来充满不确定性和恐惧。这种情况在这些机构中前所未有,每个人都害怕接下来会发生什么。科学家和研究人员可能会尝试去其他国家工作。如果美国退出,世界其他国家无法弥补科研经费的巨大缺口,这将是研究人员和人类的损失。随意削减科研经费可能会造成损害,许多声称要提高效率的人实际上有其他目的。即使情况有所好转,已经造成的损害依然存在。科研人员可能会因为经济压力而离开科研领域。如果这种情况持续下去,对科研的损害将是巨大的。我既感到担忧又抱有希望。我们从未经历过对政府科研经费的正面持续攻击,这令人恐惧。这种攻击旨在让相关人员感到恐惧、困惑和沮丧。目前有大量的公众和法律反击,我希望这些防线能够守住。如果这些防线守不住,我们将面临巨大的麻烦。

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The Trump administration's early actions caused chaos in American health and science institutions, marked by funding freezes, communication gag orders, and research censorship. This created uncertainty and fear among scientists regarding their research, careers, and funding, potentially hindering progress in various fields.
  • Funding freezes and communication gag orders were imposed on health and science agencies.
  • Research containing certain keywords was censored.
  • Scientists expressed concerns about their funding, careers, and the future of their research.
  • The situation caused widespread confusion, distress and fear among researchers.

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Funding cuts and research censorship have shaken the foundations of America’s health and science agencies, leaving researchers shocked, confused, and afraid. In this episode of Unexplainable, we ask, what does this mean for the future of science?

This episode was hosted and produced by Noam Hassenfeld with help from Byrd Pinkerton, Thomas Lu, and Amanda Llewelyn, edited by Jorge Just and Meradith Hoddinott, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, and engineeered by Cristian Ayala. 

Broken lab beakers. Image by robuart for Shutterstock.

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