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05 January 2009
The science of funding science
Today's TEDTalk, from Kary Mullis, touches on a powerful topic -- how modern science is funded, and how the availability of money can drive scientific inquiry just as powerfully as curiosity or necessity can.
Several other TEDTalks discuss this often-hidden driver of scientific research. Highly recommended is the TEDTalk from medical activist Michael Milken. In his work fighting prostate cancer, Milken has developed a groundbreaking approach to funding medical research to get significant, near-term results.
Look, too, to Alan Russell for a searing vision of how current research is funded. After sharing 15 minutes of jaw-dropping stories about regenerative medicine, he outlines in 3 brisk minutes the politics behind why the United States is slow to fund this work.
And Peter Diamandis of the X Prize shares his vision of a bold new kind of research funding, based on a big idea and a big reward.
More: Today's Philadelphia Inquirer looks at another creatively funded research effort. Antonio Giordano, a cancer researcher at Temple University in Philadelphia, had a vision to help some brilliant Italian cancer researchers work within the US's comparatively well-funded research system. Where did he go for seed money? The pizza magnate Mario Sbarro. Read the story >>
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