I am in the lab enjoying a cup of coffee and reading MSNBC as part of my morning routine. I click "Technology & Science" when I see a story that makes my blood run cold. The story? Big trouble for big science. The story details the U.S. Congress' unexpecteded, sneaky, and nearly night-before-Christmas slashing of science research funding and the impact to major national facilities like Argonne and Fermilab. It makes me wonder what exactly those 435 people think the money should be spent on.My fellow Americans, who may have overlooked Hayley’s post regarding falling physics funds as a U.K. only problem, think again. To all my fellow chemists, don’t think “lucky me!” Think “they’re coming for us next!” Because they will. You too biologists! And you, X-ologist, X-ist, X-ian. Oh, don’t think you’re getting away. Don’t think “my work is far too important!” It isn’t.
Think about how fast you can contact your local congressional representatives. Don’t know who they are? Note your zip code and go here. Take a break from your morning routine, pop a snarky email to a U.S. Representative or Senator, and save science.
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So, what with journalists' careers being at the mercy of the internet boom, we science communicators will have nothing to fall back on should our science writing careers fail to bring in the millions. Perhaps we should start screen writing or something... oh wait.
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