The Week in Science: May 22, 2025

National Association of Scholars

This week, we look at some interesting proposals for private philanthropy to fill the gap as government scales back its research funding. We also examine an ongoing concern over whether federal funding has promoted discovery, or inhibited it. Listen as we discuss new findings in dinosaur paleontology that fills in a lot of gaps in late Cretaceous ecosystems and shed a few crocodile tears about the troubles afflicting the 30 year long climate circus known as COP.


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