Tag: National Science Foundation

Is the Republican FIRST Act Really “Anti-Science”?

Posted on by Michael Minkoff, Jr. · 76 Comments

Research in science and technology costs money. Lots of money. And in recent American history, much of that money has come from the civil government. The National Science Foundation gives out millions of dollars a year to different research projects. Those projects are all determined by a peer-review process. But that could change soon thanks […]

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Unscientific Americans: 1 in 4 Don’t Know Earth Orbits Sun

Posted on by Michael Minkoff, Jr. · 136 Comments

A survey conducted by the National Science Foundation asked Americans some basic science questions to determine American science literacy. Guess what? One in four Americans didn’t know of or hold to a heliocentric view of our solar system—they didn’t know the earth went around the sun. Who knows what these unscientific Americans actually think is […]

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