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Old 17-06-2009, 09:45   #2
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Re: Some Research Is Surely A Waste Of Money

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Originally Posted by Less View Post
Here we are in the middle of what is claimed to be a severe recession, some claim the worst one since before WWII and yet while essential workers & tradesmen are being thrown to the wall what do we get reports of?

Stickleback is 'genius' of the fish world - Telegraph

The research was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

Yet another Quango, I for one, have never heard of, isn't it time all such projects were cancelled to assist with repairing our economy?
The number of times you read about things like this makes your eyes spin Less, they pay hundreds of thousands of pounds for research into stating the bleeding obvious, but I Suppose we have to keep the boffins ticking over, just in case we may, sometime in the future, find them meaningful employment, but I ain't holding my breath
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