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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#US #Scientists Flee Abroad as Research Funding Cuts Deeper

A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.
Nature Careers science jobs platform show US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad between January and March 2025 than during same period in 2024. At the same time, the number of US-based users browsing jobs abroad increased by 35%.
nature.com/articles/d41586-025
#science #braindrain

Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain

A trawl of job views and application data suggests…

www.nature.com
Apr 22, 2025, 21:21 · · 0 · 0
Leigh Silvester

@F2erron

The popular narrative that #scientists will come up with conclusions that fit the funders needs does not happen in my experience.

Oil companies hired environmental scientists to look into global warming and they certainly did not get the answer they wanted.

I was hired on a project funded by Eli Lilly many years ago and they did not get the answer they were hoping for. They did appreciate the honesty and integrity, plus in depth discussions about why it didn't pan out as they thought. We did get further funding to see if it would be possible to get closer to their desired scenario, with the caveat that there were no guarantees. Unfortunately for them it still had issues and they eventually shelved it.

Have had many other dealings with commercial projects over many years and they have always appreciated honesty. Did convince one company that they would be wasting their money.

Certain that most people working in #science would do the same.

Apr 21, 2025, 22:38 · · 0 · 0
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europesays.com/uk/35850/ Scientists discover time travel may be possible – and already happening #Physics #Science #scientists #TimeTravel #UK #UnitedKingdom

Scientists discover time travel may be possible - and already happening
Apr 20, 2025, 15:00 · · 0 · 0
Doom Disco!

Damals an der Hochschule hieẞ es „Publish or perish.“ Heute wohl eher: #Scientists, stand in the line or perish. #USA: Angriff auf die #Forschung | #ARTE Orwell hätte sich diese Groteske nicht besser ausdenken können. #Wissenschaft #Science #NewDarkAge www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH5S...

USA: Angriff auf die Forschung...

Bluesky

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Apr 19, 2025, 07:20 · · 1 · 0
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

There's broad consensus among #climate #scientists that the overwhelming priority is to cut #greenhousegas #emissions, the chief cause of #globalwarming.
But many scientists also believe that part of the solution will have to involve capturing some of the gases that have already been released. What makes #SeaCure interesting is that it is testing whether it might be more efficient to pull planet-warming #carbon from the sea, since it is present in greater concentrations.
bbc.com/news/articles/cr788klj

Could taking carbon out of the sea cool down the planet?

A pilot project will test whether it is a useful way…

www.bbc.com
Apr 18, 2025, 19:35 · · 0 · 0
Wen

Historical reversals.

Americans, it’s time to move to Europe

A slightly superficial article iun many ways, but having lived in the US and now living in Europe (Scotland) with a US partner (who would not go back) a lot of it is good stuff. And that is before you have to consider the current fascist danger or even trivial things such as gun crime.

archive.today/2025.04.17-14294

#Emigrate #Scientists #QualityOfLife#USPol #FinancialTimes #Opinion

screenshot : reads I live emotionally between the two continents. As a British student in the US in the early 1990s, I thought it was the greatest country on Earth. I acquired an American wife and kids, but we ended up in Paris. Over decades of transatlantic visits, I've tracked the lives of American friends and relatives. I now feel that even somehow setting aside the mammoth issues of Trump and freedom, most Europeans live better than most Americans. There's one big exception: the mega-rich. If you're among the wealthy Americans awaiting another tax cut from Congress, then congratulations: the Trump administration is at least trying to run the country for your benefit. You're unlikely to get that from European governments. Similarly, most Americans in tech or finance will find undynamic Europe frustrating. That leaves about 99 per cent of the population for whom emigrating to Europe would be a life win. The biggest potential beneficiaries are adults under the age of 35: unable to afford a home or even childcare in America's biggest cities, but young enough to acquire a new language and circle of friends.
Screenshot, reads 'Once here, your salary may shrink, but your costs definitely will. The Eurozone's income per capita is about three-quarters that of the US, after correcting for purchasing power, says the World Bank. Americans in Europe might need to cut down on consumer goods. On the upside, they will be able to afford housing, education and healthcare. The average premium for family health insurance in the US is $25,572, reports the Kaiser Family Foundation. That's more than the average post-tax wage in much of Europe. Fun here is cheaper too. A multinational organisation I know brought its national chapters together for a dinner in Madrid. When the bill came, the Americans were so startled by its tininess that they photographed it, saying they would hang it framed in the Washington office.
Apr 17, 2025, 14:52 · · · 1 · 0
Petra van Cronenburg

@markmccaughrean Well, this prize showed a collection of all these #TESCREAL fascist bros ("Brin and Zuckerberg as well as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman"). In this case, is it kowtowing or is it already collaboration?

Does anybody know how the scientific world itself categorises this prize? What significance does it have for serious scientists beyond that Hollywoodesque fuss? @academicchatter

#science #scientists #ethics

Apr 16, 2025, 13:48 · · 2 · 0
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"But Youle’s dismissal, along with 10 others at the NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, underscores a recurring problem in the Trump administration’s push to rapidly shrink the federal workforce: Computers are making decisions without much human oversight."

politico.com/newsletters/futur

#healthcare #NIH #scientists #science #research #DOGE #USpol

Apr 14, 2025, 16:55 · · 4 · 0
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