Science Is the 99%

“We may see, in the next decade, an end to the search for the laws of physics,” the eminent physicist said. The Large Hadron Collider may well be the last of its kind—governments will probably balk at anything bigger. The James Webb Space Telescope has sucked the oxygen out of other projects and, even so, may be going the way of the Superconducting Supercollider. Elsewhere at the meeting, NASA indicated that major astrophysics missions may now occur only one every several decades. Little Science is in even bigger trouble. A National Science Foundation official told astronomers that there was only enough money this year to fund one in six grant proposals. Conversations over coffee (preferably, beer) routinely turn to the job vacuum that postdocs, in particular, face.”

27 Notes/ Hide

  1. jackhawksmoor reblogged this from kv96ic28
  2. kv96ic28 reblogged this from openscience
  3. xecabrar reblogged this from openscience
  4. m7600 reblogged this from openscience
  5. tutia657 reblogged this from openscience and added:
    In terms of projects yes, but the hunger for knowledge will never have a limit.
  6. allthingssane reblogged this from openscience and added:
    dismal economic condition might reveal a bleak future for science. Here...I consider too...
  7. thepandabaker reblogged this from openscience and added:
    more important than just about everything. Why?
  8. beggarsfarm reblogged this from openscience
  9. sin3wav3 reblogged this from openscience
  10. provee reblogged this from openscience
  11. catsonfire456 reblogged this from openscience
  12. coldestofwinds reblogged this from openscience
  13. relivethesplendor reblogged this from openscience
  14. lights-of-antarctica reblogged this from openscience
  15. kitfistomermaid reblogged this from openscience
  16. pikeisaman reblogged this from openscience and added:
    cries
  17. uncomplicatednature reblogged this from openscience
  18. dansnoise reblogged this from openscience
  19. openscience posted this