Right now we’re Rome with crappy roads. We’re a mighty world power, but when it comes to getting people and cargo easily from point A to point B, and those points are separated by hundreds… more →
The Planetologisttheanswers42 wrote 1 week ago: So, for me it’s been a long period of writing about driving tests, how I plan to resume studyi … more →
Kyle Brown wrote 1 week ago: Even though the federal fiscal year ended in September, the federal budget process for 2010 is far f … more →
Successful Researcher wrote 2 weeks ago: An important addition to my earlier post on writing grant applications: there is a series of article … more →
Kyle Brown wrote 3 weeks ago: Even in the midst of the health care debate, Congress is once again involved in the federal budget p … more →
Kyle Brown wrote 1 month ago: On Oct. 8, in testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Research and Science … more →
Kyle Brown wrote 1 month ago: There has been a lot of congressional huffing and puffing recently challenging the validity of peer … more →
Arhopala Bazaloides wrote 1 month ago: About the US, Science reported: Energy Secretary Steven Chu says that one of his top budget prioriti … more →
Linus wrote 4 months ago: Image credit: (Ted Thai/TIME/Time Pix) Barack Obama is nominating Francis Collins to head the Nation … more →
Miriam Jones wrote 5 months ago: From the latest CAUT Bulletin: “Business Model Squeezes the Serendipity Out of Research, … more →
speakingofresearch wrote 7 months ago: Join over the hundreds of people (1400+ at time of writing) who have signed The Pro-Test Petition! T … more →
theanswers42 wrote 7 months ago: After the epic, epic failure that was the Bush administration, Obama has had an awful lot of work to … more →
zlurie wrote 7 months ago: A divide is starting to open between the United States and Canada when it comes to science funding … more →
nahnopenotquite wrote 7 months ago: Absolutely love this. Absolutely right. … more →
Planetologist wrote 7 months ago: Right now we’re Rome with crappy roads. We’re a mighty world power, but when it comes to … more →
Paul Wells wrote 7 months ago: I’m going to get in trouble for the title on this thing, which is meant to be a bit satirical. … more →
Planetologist wrote 7 months ago: At one time the United States had something called the Office of Technology Assessment. Renowned fut … more →
niewiap wrote 8 months ago: I am just finishing the second of a duo of fantastic books about science and scientists. The first o … more →
Planetologist wrote 8 months ago: In a previous post I attacked US Representative John Conyers’ bill HR 801, The Fair Copyright … more →
Planetologist wrote 8 months ago: Phil Plait recently posted on his Bad Astronomy blog about the latest Congressional creep to try and … more →