How much did it cost to land a rover on Mars?
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is an utterly incredible feat of engineering, a huge coup for science and an awe-inspiring marvel of human achievement…but how much did it cost?
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Coronavirus: vaccine funding desperately needed
The amount of money needed to continue the search for a coronavirus vaccine is dwarfed by global bailouts to fight its economic consequences. And vaccine developers are still waiting.
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Cassini’s Grand Finale
The Cassini Mission to Saturn is drawing to a spectacular close…and, as always, we’re on hand to ask ‘but how much did it cost?’
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Election 2017: Manifestos and science
What does General Election 2017 mean for UK research funding? We’ve dug through the party manifestos to find out.
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Autumn Statement: What does £2bn mean?
In the 2016 Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced £2bn for research funding by 2020. We find out what that means in context.
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The Human Genome Project returned $65 for every $1 invested
Our infographic showing the huge economic return on the Human Genome Project, which sequenced every DNA letter in the human genetic code.
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Cash, shares or science?
If you’re a government looking to invest, research offers impressive economic returns.
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How you can help UK research
It’s a tumultuous time for UK research. Here’s how you can help.
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What would Brexit mean for UK science?
Around 10% of UK public funding for research comes from the EU. So what would leaving mean for UK science?
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New report highlights lack of data on research funding
The new Missing Evidence report from Sense about Science highlights the lack of any centralised record of what government spends on research.