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What's the point in that?

BY Bryan Hatton, 16 comments
Science has the potential to change our world for the better in dramatic ways but sometimes it seems like a pointless endeavour which serves no purpose other than to transfer funds from the tax-payer to the scientist. Headlines such as 'Dolphins Name Themselves with Whistles', 'Planet Found 22,500 Light Years Away' or 'Necrophilia among Ducks' often face ridicule and questions such as "OK, but where's the cure for cancer?"   The public who, in one way or another, fund research want it to produce results of direct benefit to society such ..read more

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Is the World Changing too fast?

BY Reece Pocock, Average 4.2/12 (33 votes)
Science has the potential to change our world for the better in dramatic ways but sometimes it seems like a pointless endeavour which serves no purpose other than to transfer funds from the tax-payer to the scientist. Headlines such as 'Dolphins Name Themselves with Whistles', 'Planet Found 22,500 Light Years Away' or 'Necrophilia among Ducks' often face ridicule and questions such as "OK, but where's the cure for cancer?"   The public who, in one way or another, fund research want it to produce results of direct benefit to society such ..read more