Earlier this month, we talked about the perception that US science funding is harder to secure than it used to be. There are several tensions at play -- evolutionary increments vs revolutionary leaps, the boldness of youth vs the established old guard -- or at least that is how the discussion was framed. I wonder though if there is another subtext: what is science? De facto, science is whatever we spend our science dollars on. Therefore, we want to make sure that funding covers the complete range of scientific … [Read more...] about Science in Review: Stamp Collecting and Sufficiently Advanced Technology