Tag: research funding
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Science has secrets!? No no no no no!
Japanese scientists and academics are warning that legislation threatening prison terms for those who divulge and publish what the government deems a state secret threatens academic freedom and the public’s right to know. (1) Hypocrites! You never help by lying! Scientific secrets in the form of government or industrial secrets have for a long time…
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Can't wait! Must have Nobel now!
The ones who discovered Higgs Boson (OK, except some nasty Indian who had the nerve to interfere with the glorious western white race Nobel Prize process) were awarded the Nobel Prize. (1) There you go. A "discovery" based on one experiment alone - and what an elusive discovery that is! - is made the basis…
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Funding, funding, funding!
Two out of three posts in Science Insider Magazine [1] lately are related to research funding (especially with the NSF issue). This is what "science" has become today: From the lighhouse of humanity, a beggar for money…
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Office renovation, MD, state cancer...
The renovation of an office for Lynda Chin, the wife of the president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Ronald DePinho, may have cost as much as $2 million, according to an analysis by a Washington, D.C., investigative newsletter. The allegations of lavish spending on Chin's office at MD Anderson…
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Science the New Religion: The NSF example
Congress wants to pass a new bill that will better regulate NSF grants. Scientists do not. They think that other scientists should “freely” decide which research projects are funded based on the “I know because I am an expert” logic. In the context of the complaints, many related articles have been posted on the Internet.…
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