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7 basic science discoveries that changed the world – Nature
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government. By Michael Marshall Under President Donald Trump, the US government is gutting scientific research. The National Institutes of Health has…
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Is science stuck? The “Great Stagnation Debate,” explained | Salon.com
By Michael Bhaskar, Published November 26, 2021 2:00PM (EST) For most of history, it was by no means obvious what was an irreducible material — what we now call a chemical element. But investigators discovered the building blocks of the universe and, in so doing, built an extraordinary foundational account of chemistry. This history displays…