Antibiotic resistance could cost $100 trillion
A new report warns that antibiotic-resistant infections could cost to the global economy a cumulative $100 trillion by 2050.
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Boaty McBoatface and science funding
Can the delightful silliness around the new polar research ship, Boaty McBoatface, help us to have a more meaningful public debate on science funding?
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Spending Review 2015: initial reaction
The Chancellor George Osborne announced in the 2015 Spending Review that the Science Budget is to be frozen in real terms: but the devil is in the detail.
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Science: As Vital As Ever
The Science is Vital rally saw speakers from scientists to patients make the case for UK research live in London, and streamed across the UK.
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UK research under threat: join Science is Vital’s new campaign
With the government’s spending review coming up in about a month, research is again under threat. Grassroots pressure group Science is Vital is springing into action with a new campaign. We all need to tell the government about the vital importance of research to our health, the environment and the economy. Make your voice heard…
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The Science Budget Inquiry
Professor Brian Cox has tells Parliament that continued flat-cash for science would be ‘dire’, as others lament ‘inconsistent, opaque’ data on funding.
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Help Scienceogram write to parliament
Would you like to influence UK government science policy? Scienceogram wants your input on our submission to a parliamentary inquiry into research funding.
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The declining Science Budget, 2010–2020
The Science Budget in 2019–20 will be down by 7% in real terms, and nearly 25% as a fraction of GDP, compared to when the Coalition took power in 2010.
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The cost of space missions
The cost of the New Horizons mission to Pluto, in context with other space missions, from Voyager to Rosetta…and it cost less than a day of the war in Iraq.
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Tell Them Science is Vital
Contact your MP and parliamentary candidates and Tell Them Science is Vital! Posters, a leaflet and handy graphics for social media by Scienceogram.