The Trump administration, led by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, has proposed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-s1-5292161/trump-administration-makes-deep-cuts-to-science-funding" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sweeping cuts</a>&nbsp;to spending on science research here in the US, in particular at the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. I explain a little about what is being cut and why these funds are important to scientific progress. I try, for what it's worth, to provide these explanations in a way that would be informative to those who generally favor cutting government waste in dramatic fashion.Blog post with transcript: <a href="https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/02/12/bonus-cuts-to-science-funding-and-why-they-matter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/02/12/bonus-cuts-to-science-funding-and-why-they-matter/</a>Support Mindscape on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>.<ul><li><a href="https://nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/indirect-costs-potential-unintended.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indirect costs primer</a></li><li><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-slashes-overhead-payments-research-sparking-outrage" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cuts to NIH indirect costs</a></li><li><a href="https://buttondown.com/sbagen/archive/indirect-costs-and-trumps-attack-on-independent/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Appropriated funds are mandated by statute</a></li><li><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/my-boss-was-crying-nsf-confronts-potentially-massive-layoffs-and-budget-cuts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Proposed NSF cuts</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1888022189984858476" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elon Musk doesn't understand indirect costs</a></li><li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-loosen-enforcement-us-law-banning-bribery-foreign-officials-2025-02-10/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bribing foreign officials</a></li><li><a href="https://popular.info/p/the-nsas-big-delete" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Deleting NSA web pages</a></li><li><a href="https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/donald-trump/executive-orders-are-not-same-laws-passed-by-congress/536-bd4e950e-713b-42e9-b83b-e1ef7f99d19f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Executive Orders are not laws</a></li><li><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-you-need-to-know-about-impoundment-and-how-trump-vows-to-use-it" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">History of impoundments</a></li></ul>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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