We Need Long-Term Ecological Research More Than Ever. Who’s Going to Pay for It?
The information gathered in long-term studies helps scientists see how climate change is affecting our planet, yet money often goes to shorter-term projects.
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Funding
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How Much Did the Black Hole Photo Cost?
Imaging a supermassive black hole takes a massive amount of funding.
Non-White School Districts Get $23 Billion Less Funding Than White Ones
A new report finds that funding gaps between white and non-white districts persist across all poverty levels.
The Shutdown Deal Includes More ICE Detention Beds. That Doesn’t Mean Mattresses.
What the agency actually wants is the funding to detain more people than ever before.
Tax the Rich and Build the Trails
User fees and other pay-to-play policies are a regressive scheme that won't fix our public lands. We should resist them.
America’s Fragmented Education Funding System
Kansas must re-visit its state school funding system. What about the rest of the country?
A Better Measure of the Return on Investment America Gets From Funding Research
Follow the people, not the papers.
Why Curiosity Should Drive Our Scientific Agenda
Basic research can seem wasteful, but politicians should resist the temptation to set science’s priorities.
Who Funded That? The Names and Numbers Behind the Research in Our July/August 2014 Print Issue
This list includes studies cited in our pages that received funding from a source other than the researchers’ home institutions. Only principal or corresponding authors are listed.
Political Parties Are Networks, and You Want Them on Your Side
Even a very loose network of candidates, activists, donors, and interest groups can exert a powerful influence over elections.