It's stunning that the committee, which makes decisions on our nation's
most basic scientific research, is controlled by people who toss out any and all evidence if it goes against their preconceived (and well - funded) notions.
Not exact matches
But the
scientific vision of man that informs our
most basic research is quite other than this.
While a wide variety of funding agencies provide invaluable financial support for
basic scientific and clinical
research,
most of these sources of support function on a prescribed schedule characterized by a grant submission period, a period of grant review, and then a period disbursal of funds to successful grant applicants.
In this observation of the common acts of negotiating life's
most basic needs, I hope to draw attention to distinctions between social structures and
scientific research and their cultural consequences — how they are engaged and mutually transformed.
A new Pew
Research Center survey finds that
most Americans can answer
basic questions about several
scientific terms and concepts, such as the layers of the Earth and the elements needed to make nuclear energy.
Instead, Giaever has used his position of
scientific authority as a Nobel Laureate to misinform people about a subject on which he has not even done the
most basic research.