Tag Archives: funding

“They’re doing what?!” Revisiting ridiculed research

Fruit flies in France. Bear DNA in Montana. Catfish genome mapping in Alabama. The way some politicians tell it, taxpayers are footing the bill for a lot of really stupid research. But before you take their word for it, why … Continue reading →

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Why disease research is very, very expensive

If I could pick one of my posts for the entire world to read, it would probably be this one. People are always debating about cutting funding to research, and that’s probably because there’s a lot of money that could … Continue reading →

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