In this report, J. Scott Turner reassesses America’s 75‑year experiment with federally funded “Big Science,” arguing that the system built to spark discovery has instead smothered it under bureaucracy, politics, and perverse incentives. It calls for a bold unwinding of the "Big Science Cartel" and a revival of the older, freer, curiosity‑driven scientific culture that once powered America’s most transformative breakthroughs.
