US science funding frozen
The financial crisis befalling the nation has proven that its tentacles reach even into the scientific community. On Saturday (Sept. 27), the US Senate decided to freeze federal funding of any program except those relating to veterans affairs and national security by linkurl:passing;http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR02638:@@@X bill linkurl:HR 2638.;http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR02638:@@@L&summ2=m& This leaves many US science agencies including NASA, the National In
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