First the scientists noted that the U.S. was cutting back to dangerous levels the funding for basic science. Then industry noticed, and in conjunction with academia issued the “Future of Innovation Report”:http://www.futureofinnovation.org listing the warning signs of bad things to come. Now it seems the press is taking note of […]
Daily Archives: April 11, 2005
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If ever the addage that “size doesn’t matter” needed illustration, I think we’ve found it the story of the “4.4 billion year-old speck on display at the UW Madison Geology Museum”:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=5&u=/ap/20050411/ap_on_sc/oldest_object. I mentioned this a few days ago, and lamented that the scientists involved felt a bit shameful about the […]