Philanthropy, Fossils, and Flailing Climate Summits — Minding The Campus

Philanthropy, Fossils, and Flailing Climate Summits — Minding The Campus

In Episode 4 of The Week in Science, Scott Turner, Director of Science Programs at the National Association of Scholars, asks whether private philanthropy can rescue science from declining federal support. Before 1950, most scientific research was funded by private donors—not the government. That changed after WWII, when federal agencies like the National Institutes of […] The post WATCH: Philanthropy, Fossils, and Flailing Climate Summits appea…