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Seafloor detector picks up record neutrino while under construction
On Wednesday, a team of researchers announced that they got extremely lucky. The team is…
Scientific breakthroughs are hard without money for research infrastructure
What are indirect costs? Indirect costs, also known as facilities and administration costs, or overhead,…
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If it moves, it’s probably alive: Searching for life on other planets
The search for extraterrestrial life has always been a key motivator of space exploration. But…
ULA’s Vulcan rocket still doesn’t have the Space Force’s seal of approval
ULA crews at Cape Canaveral have already stacked the next Vulcan rocket on its mobile…
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22 states sue to block new NIH funding policy—court puts it on hold
Regardless of what else they might be doing, the indirect costs pay for various critical…
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After Trump killed a report on nature, researchers push ahead with release
However, it could bode well that all the authors involved in the nature report were…
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National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities
Grants paid by the federal government have two components. One covers the direct costs of…
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Return of the California Condor
The complete decoding of the California condor genome, published in 2021, also revealed valuable information…
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Rocket Report: Another hiccup with SpaceX upper stage; Japan’s H3 starts strong
Welcome to Edition 7.30 of the Rocket Report! The US government relies on SpaceX for…
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White House budget proposal could shatter the National Science Foundation
Sometime during the next several weeks, the directors of federal agencies will receive a draft…