@seeingwithsound@mas.toAmid talk of a brain drain, some scientists leave U.S. behind https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/research-cuts-fuel-scientific-brain-drain-american-science-shattered/ "A large part of what we loved about the United States i…
@servelan@newsie.socialWhy Trump’s cuts to scientific research are a big win for China: China is attracting American scientific talent, especially in STEM fields, partly due to funding cuts and immigration restrictions under President Donald Trump.
- The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/05/china-brain-gain-united-states-scientists/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe International Committee of the Red Cross, which runs major research archives, warned that AI models are fabricating research papers, journals, and archives (Dan Vergano/Scientific American)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/…
@cdarwin@c.imThe dulling of America’s scientific edge
The Trump administration has canceled or frozen billions of dollars for research,
often based on politically triggering keywords such as “gender,” “bias” or “climate science.”
It also mounted pressure campaigns on universities to micromanage their curriculums and crack down on campus protests.
At the height of the slash-and-burn tactics, one survey found that 75 percent of American researchers were so frustrated that they we…
@doktrock@toad.socialNew shape🚨! "Mathematicians Make Surprising Breakthrough in 3D Geometry with ‘Noperthedron’ "| Scientific American (h/t Amanda Montañez on bsky)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-make…
@outer@mas.toInteresting 15 min. read from Scientific American:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-quiet-demise-of-breakthrough-starshot-a-billionaires-interstellar
The article reads like a suspense story. The pr…
