Sir Paul Nurse got into a bit of bother recently with what appeared to be some ill-considered remarks about science funding. That was, of course, an interview in a newspaper and some context and subtlety was lost. Mark Henderson of the Times blogged Nurse’s comments in fuller form last week, and things have sort of…
I wonder if US President Barack Obama is onto something here. You may have heard that he’s asked asked for a 6% increase in the NRSA stipend
Oh joy. What I missed this morning was Alistair Darling’s pledge to reduce HE and science and research budgets by £600 million. As Roger Highfield says, a dark day for British science. In a new analysis, Dusic reports that that the UK is spending less on research today than in 1986, when Margaret Thatcher was prime…
