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Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves economic growth, national security and your life

  • Written by Paul Bierman, Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Vermont
imageThe National Science Foundation funds America's next great innovations, including space-related research.Heritage Space/Heritage Images/Getty Images

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