Përparimi “11” i Vitit 2025 – Trump si “Faqe-zezan” i Shkencës Amerikane
…vetë “shkenca” konkludon se Trump pandalë e ka shtuar nga “një faqe të zezë” në librin e arritjeve të shkencës amerikane, tashmë as vetë historia s’ka si e “mohon” faktin që të gjitha të “zezat” e prapangeljes shkencore amerikane i takojnë Trumpidentit : )
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…e besueshme apo jo, por si ironi “Science” e ka shpallur “përzierjen e administratës Trump” në çështjet financiare të shkencës amerikane si “Përparim i Vitit 2025”, nga 12 të ashtuquajturat “Breakthrough of the Year”, e para ka t’bëjë me arritjet e Kinës (Numër 1, globalisht, sa u përket tekno-shkencave dhe arritjeve në fushën e “green energy”), sidoqoftë 11 prej tyre vërtet kanë t’bëjnë me arritjet e tekno-shkencave gjatë 2025, mirëpo 1-ra e mban titullin “Trump Roils U.S. Science” (Breakthrough 11)…
…vërtet ironike dhe e dhimbshme, vetë rrafshnalta shkencore e 50 shteteve së bashku e akuzon Presidentin e 50 shteteve federale për “dëmtim” të shkencës më shumë se gjithçka tjetër… sipas “Science” Trump që nga java e parë e inaugurimit si President prore e përherë, pandalë e ka shtuar nga “një faqe të zezë” në librin e arritjeve të shkencës amerikane, duke i shkatërruar normat e dekadave të vjetra, të cilat norma dhe standarde ndihmuan që ShBA të bëhej diç si “superfuqi shkencore” e mbarë globit. Tashmë as vetë historia s’ka si e “mohon” faktin që të gjitha të “zezat” e prapangeljes shkencore amerikane i takojnë Trumpidentit : )
…nuk çuditemi nëse fjalet tona tingëllojnë të “pabesueshme”, por ne flasim me fakte, nuk hyjmë në “hak” të askujt, e sidomos jo në “hak të Trumpidentit”, fjala e pionierit, dmth. më e sinqerta, kurrë… për asnjë kurrnjëherë, madje s’janë as “fjalët” tona (në komentin më lart), janë interpretim shakalogjik i fakteve të “Science” – ja më poshtë të gjitha faktet e arritjeve kulmore gjatë 2025…
(s. guraziu – ars poetica, 12-25)
* Science is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and one of the world’s top academic journals. It was first published in 1880, is currently circulated weekly and has a subscriber base of around 130,000. Because institutional subscriptions and online access serve a larger audience, its estimated readership is over 400,000 people.
Trump Roils U.S. Science President Donald Trump began to rewrite the playbook on how the U.S. government interacts with the research community within minutes of taking office on 20 January. Seemingly every week since then he has added a page, shattering decades-old norms that helped make the United States a scientific superpower. The now-defunct Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire Elon Musk, played a prominent role in the first few months. It forced the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to cancel thousands of existing projects, in particular those deemed to involve diversity, equity, and inclusion; climate change; or gender identity and sexual orientation. Trump also used DOGE to spearhead another prong of the attack: shrinking the size of the federal workforce. Thousands of employees at science agencies were laid off, accepted buyout offers, quit, or retired sooner than planned, resulting in a significant loss of scientific experience. Many of those who remained are managing narrower portfolios after their agency pulled the plug on scores of programs the White House decided - suddenly, and without explanation - were "no longer aligned with the administration's priorities." NSF and the Department of Energy's Office of Science have gone even further, revamping units to correspond more closely to those priorities. Several of Trump's choices to lead federal science agencies have triggered fierce opposition. Foremost among them is Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a lawyer and longtime antivaccine activist. Kennedy has decimated senior management at NIH, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with a vast network of advisory committees. The new heads of those agencies share some of Kennedy's contrarian views on public health and have altered many existing policies. NIH, for example, added criteria that could politicize its choices about what grant applications to fund. Claiming to find evidence of antisemitism, the Trump administration froze all federal grants to a handful of top-tier colleges and universities and threatened similar action at scores more. Some agreed to pay sizable settlements and allow greater federal oversight in return for lifting those freezes, while negotiations continue with other schools, notably Harvard University and the University of California, Los Angeles. An aggressive campaign to detain and deport people alleged to lack valid immigration status has made graduate students on valid visas fearful that they may be detained after traveling abroad, and led to fewer new international students at most U.S. colleges and universities. In response, many institutions have reduced the size of their doctoral programs in science and engineering. Research advocates have fought many Trump directives in court, with mixed success. Arguably the community's biggest win to date was blocking attempts by four science agencies to slash payments to universities for so-called indirect costs - money spent on infrastructure and overhead that supports federally funded research. Another silver lining in this gloomy year was that both NSF and NIH managed to spend all the money Congress had given them this year despite the many disruptions to their grantmaking. And Congress appears likely to resist Trump's request for sharp cuts in the 2026 budgets of most science agencies. Equally important, most of this year's onslaught has been carried out not through permanent legislation, but through temporary executive orders that Trump's successor could rescind. By Jeffrey Mervis
Science - Breakthrough 2025 - 11
Science's 2025 - Breakthrough of the Year
Protesters holding signs with the messages "Knowlege > Ignorance", "Science Saves Lives", and "Restore Research Funding".
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Protesters gathered at a Stand Up for Science rally in San Francisco in March.Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images
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