I feel like we ought to have some sort of system in place where a significant number of scientists can go over previous experiments again and again (based upon what is most important to society currently) both to confirm the initial results, and also to flesh out the findings, perhaps even discovering new nuances which were missed originally. People can complain that such research doesn't directly generate profits, but I would retort that avoiding the collapse of the entire system (which we are currently experiencing) is rather profitable.