三位科学家为何拒绝爱泼斯坦

Hundreds of scientists are mentioned in the recent trove of released emails related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of soliciting a minor in 2008 and who died by suicide in a New York City jail shortly after his arrest in 2019 on sex trafficking charges. Epstein relished connections with high-profile academics. Some took his money and used it for research; others were entertained lavishly at one of Epstein's homes. Many of the scientists implicated in previous revelations admitted they had made a serious mistake. Several have been knocked off lofty professional pedestals since the latest releases by the U.S. Department of Justice (see sidebar, p. 969). Many of the scientists Epstein courted were already well-established and well-funded. …