Rob Stein

The Trump administration's stated goal in all of this is to cut what they claim is administrative bloat, the kinds of taxpayer dollars that fund research overhead costs. But Marguerite wonders what will happen if basic research in the U.S. starts to falter.

The thing about science, and I've heard this over and over again from people in the field, is that science is fragile. Research that can take a lifetime to prop up can be dismantled in a matter of days. So today, with three of my colleagues on NPR's science desk, we're going to explore the first 50 days of science under the current Trump administration by focusing on three U.S.

The thing about science, and I've heard this over and over again from people in the field, is that science is fragile. Research that can take a lifetime to prop up can be dismantled in a matter of days. So today, with three of my colleagues on NPR's science desk, we're going to explore the first 50 days of science under the current Trump administration by focusing on three U.S.

The thing about science, and I've heard this over and over again from people in the field, is that science is fragile. Research that can take a lifetime to prop up can be dismantled in a matter of days. So today, with three of my colleagues on NPR's science desk, we're going to explore the first 50 days of science under the current Trump administration by focusing on three U.S.

agencies, the NIH, the CDC, and the National Science Foundation. I'm Emily Kwong, and this is Shorewave from NPR.

agencies, the NIH, the CDC, and the National Science Foundation. I'm Emily Kwong, and this is Shorewave from NPR.

agencies, the NIH, the CDC, and the National Science Foundation. I'm Emily Kwong, and this is Shorewave from NPR.

All right. So we're going to get into some updates from the science world from the first 50 days of the Trump administration. And I've got here my colleagues, Rob Stein, who's been covering the NIH, Ping Huang, who's been covering the CDC, and Jonathan Lambert, who's been covering the National Science Foundation. Hey, everyone.

All right. So we're going to get into some updates from the science world from the first 50 days of the Trump administration. And I've got here my colleagues, Rob Stein, who's been covering the NIH, Ping Huang, who's been covering the CDC, and Jonathan Lambert, who's been covering the National Science Foundation. Hey, everyone.

All right. So we're going to get into some updates from the science world from the first 50 days of the Trump administration. And I've got here my colleagues, Rob Stein, who's been covering the NIH, Ping Huang, who's been covering the CDC, and Jonathan Lambert, who's been covering the National Science Foundation. Hey, everyone.

Hi there. Hi. 50 days later, here we are. We're going to start, Rob. With the NIH, the National Institutes of Health, which funds medical research all over the U.S., what has been going on there?

Hi there. Hi. 50 days later, here we are. We're going to start, Rob. With the NIH, the National Institutes of Health, which funds medical research all over the U.S., what has been going on there?

Hi there. Hi. 50 days later, here we are. We're going to start, Rob. With the NIH, the National Institutes of Health, which funds medical research all over the U.S., what has been going on there?

Okay, so this was just days after the inauguration. What happened next?

Okay, so this was just days after the inauguration. What happened next?

Okay, so this was just days after the inauguration. What happened next?

And what are indirect costs?

And what are indirect costs?

And what are indirect costs?

Did the administration explain why? Yes.