What Carl Zimmer thinks about America
Science writer; writes a column for The New York Times. Author of books including She Has Her Mother's Laugh (2018), Life's Edge (2021) and Air-Borne (2025). Publishes the Friday's Elk newsletter.
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4 dated positions, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Carl Zimmer has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThe future of science in the United States has reached a summer of uncertainty.
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Their wordsAs we head into the third month of the new Trump administration, some of the damage that it is inflicting on American science and medicine is starting to look irreversible.
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Our readingThe benefits of a vibrant scientific community in the United States may dwindle for decades.
Their wordsPeople are going to die, data is going to vanish, careers are going to end, and the benefits of a vibrant scientific community in the United States are going to dwindle, perhaps for decades.
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Our readingThe Trump administration is abandoning measures that protect health in the United States and beyond.
Their wordsAlong with biomedical research, the Trump administration is abandoning measures that protect health in the United States and beyond.