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Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson
Episode: Megapod: The Crisis in American Science
Description: Today, we are witnessing an unprecedented assault on American science. Thousands of workers have been dismissed from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Billions of dollars are being cut from the NIH and NSF. Talented scientists are leaving the field (or leaving the country). Clinical trials and longitudinal studies are ending without explanation. Major research universities are under direct attack, with billions more dollars being withheld for political purposes.
Today, I want to do three things: First, I want to review what's happening to American science and why it’s so serious. Second, I...