Neel V. Patel
@nvpatel.bsky.social
staff editor for science and AI, @nytimes.com Opinion desk | he / him
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Neel V. Patel
@nvpatel.bsky.social
· Apr 3
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science or staying in the United States.
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Before I became a journalist, I had planned to become a scientist. It has been incredibly disorienting and disheartening to see how a career in research has now become just as uncertain and tumultuous as journalism itself. My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
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i don't have thoughts on cracker barrel. have a good weekend everyone.
August 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
i don't have thoughts on cracker barrel. have a good weekend everyone.
Some professional news: My portfolio is shifting a bit at New York Times Opinion and I'm now taking on AI as a deeper topic of coverage here. If you have a guest essay on AI you want to submit, I'll be your guy.
August 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Some professional news: My portfolio is shifting a bit at New York Times Opinion and I'm now taking on AI as a deeper topic of coverage here. If you have a guest essay on AI you want to submit, I'll be your guy.
Not that I totally love that Gujaratis are the focus of discourse at the moment but it is nice to see our history and the intricacies of our community become a learning lesson to Americans right now.
July 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Not that I totally love that Gujaratis are the focus of discourse at the moment but it is nice to see our history and the intricacies of our community become a learning lesson to Americans right now.
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I’m biracial (US dad, Ethiopian mom US born) and moved to Kenya at 4, had lots of Kenyan Indian friends, families there generations. When I moved to the states I didn’t know I was Black or have any idea of the American binary concept of race until someone called me the n word.
July 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I’m biracial (US dad, Ethiopian mom US born) and moved to Kenya at 4, had lots of Kenyan Indian friends, families there generations. When I moved to the states I didn’t know I was Black or have any idea of the American binary concept of race until someone called me the n word.
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June 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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I’ve only been in town since Thursday but can attest to this. Friday night should felt buzzy and filled with mirth — instead it was as if everyone had cancelled plans, preparing for a natural disaster to strike.
I've lived in Los Angeles for seven years. The only times I've ever heard it this eerily, horribly quiet are in the very first days of Covid. Here's a bit of what it's like right now, in a city where so many people are rightfully afraid to go outside: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
As ICE raids continue, parts of Los Angeles go empty
Missing vendors, markets of rotting food, and families frightened to leave home.
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June 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I’ve only been in town since Thursday but can attest to this. Friday night should felt buzzy and filled with mirth — instead it was as if everyone had cancelled plans, preparing for a natural disaster to strike.
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Where U Been?
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June 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Song of the year on the album of the year youtu.be/i1YzOOi0u68?...
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I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Opinion | Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims
ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.
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June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch
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Detroit must be stopped at all costs
April 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Detroit must be stopped at all costs
This Knicks / Pistons series is so good. They are about to scrap at every given turn. Finals-energy. God I hate Detroit
April 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This Knicks / Pistons series is so good. They are about to scrap at every given turn. Finals-energy. God I hate Detroit
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“That someone as morally and scientifically confused as Kennedy is in charge of guiding our children’s health is a grave mistake,” Jessica Grose writes.
Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Comments on Autism Take America Back a Century
Kennedy implies that disabled people are a taxpayer burden.
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April 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“That someone as morally and scientifically confused as Kennedy is in charge of guiding our children’s health is a grave mistake,” Jessica Grose writes.
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For the better part of a century, the US has been enormously enriched by emigrant scientists from around the world. Under Trump, the brain drain is reversing.
If you like long-format radio, I had a great conversation with @nvpatel.bsky.social (NYtimes) and Libby Denkmann (KUOW) this morning.
If you like long-format radio, I had a great conversation with @nvpatel.bsky.social (NYtimes) and Libby Denkmann (KUOW) this morning.
As Trump cuts funding, researchers look for opportunities outside the U.S.
As researchers at American universities face an uncertain future, other countries are doing their best to lure scientists away. Is the U-S set to face a brain drain as top talent moves overseas or int...
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April 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
For the better part of a century, the US has been enormously enriched by emigrant scientists from around the world. Under Trump, the brain drain is reversing.
If you like long-format radio, I had a great conversation with @nvpatel.bsky.social (NYtimes) and Libby Denkmann (KUOW) this morning.
If you like long-format radio, I had a great conversation with @nvpatel.bsky.social (NYtimes) and Libby Denkmann (KUOW) this morning.
my favorite thing is that some of these stories from the last 24 hours present the same contradicting points in within the same graf
April 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
my favorite thing is that some of these stories from the last 24 hours present the same contradicting points in within the same graf
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for @nytopinion.nytimes.com, I wrote about the trump administration’s attacks on HIV care, and what health care providers can do to meet the moment
April 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
for @nytopinion.nytimes.com, I wrote about the trump administration’s attacks on HIV care, and what health care providers can do to meet the moment
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Great article by @nvpatel.bsky.social overviewing what’s at stake for young researchers. Finding jobs and seeking funding happen on tight timelines. Many of my peers are forced to leave, not because of a lack of fortitude but a lack of opportunity
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Great article by @nvpatel.bsky.social overviewing what’s at stake for young researchers. Finding jobs and seeking funding happen on tight timelines. Many of my peers are forced to leave, not because of a lack of fortitude but a lack of opportunity
(Gift Link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
(Gift Link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
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Times Opinion has heard from more than 100 readers who have shared stories of how their research has been affected by funding cuts. “America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists,” @nvpatel.bsky.social, a staff editor in Opinion, writes in response.
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Times Opinion has heard from more than 100 readers who have shared stories of how their research has been affected by funding cuts. “America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists,” @nvpatel.bsky.social, a staff editor in Opinion, writes in response.
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"Many young researchers say they are having to choose between staying in the United States and staying in science." An essential read from @nvpatel.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Many young researchers say they are having to choose between staying in the United States and staying in science." An essential read from @nvpatel.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
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From a beacon of excellence to a brain drain in just three months.
"America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists."
-- @nvpatel.bsky.social, science and health editor at @nytopinion.nytimes.com
"America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists."
-- @nvpatel.bsky.social, science and health editor at @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science or staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
From a beacon of excellence to a brain drain in just three months.
"America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists."
-- @nvpatel.bsky.social, science and health editor at @nytopinion.nytimes.com
"America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists."
-- @nvpatel.bsky.social, science and health editor at @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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Just read @nvpatel.bsky.social's article. Absolute banger, it really captures the heartbreak me and many other scientists feel in this moment, as well as the love and dedication we have for research.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science or staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just read @nvpatel.bsky.social's article. Absolute banger, it really captures the heartbreak me and many other scientists feel in this moment, as well as the love and dedication we have for research.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
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Hitting on themes that many have been had in conversations, on social, blogs, essays, op-eds, and more, @nvpatel.bsky.social describes the ongoing crisis in the @nytimes.com. The fate of American science is not yet written, what we do now shapes the future.
🎁 link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
🎁 link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science or staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Hitting on themes that many have been had in conversations, on social, blogs, essays, op-eds, and more, @nvpatel.bsky.social describes the ongoing crisis in the @nytimes.com. The fate of American science is not yet written, what we do now shapes the future.
🎁 link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
🎁 link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Before I became a journalist, I had planned to become a scientist. It has been incredibly disorienting and disheartening to see how a career in research has now become just as uncertain and tumultuous as journalism itself. My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science or staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Before I became a journalist, I had planned to become a scientist. It has been incredibly disorienting and disheartening to see how a career in research has now become just as uncertain and tumultuous as journalism itself. My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...