[caption id="attachment_1007" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Fermilab was designed by Robert Wilson, a physicist who made an impassioned plea for basic research in front of a Congressional committee (Image: Wikipedia Commons)"] [/caption]It's been said many times. Curiosity-driven research with no immediate application or goal is what has has primarily led to science's greatest discoveries as well as our high standard of living. It is what has led to the ascendancy of American science during the twentieth century. If you want great discoveries to happen, the recipe is clear; get the best scientists together and leave them alone . [More]














Source: The head of the House Committee on Science does not understand how science works