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A Defense of Weird Research
Government-funded scientific research may appear strange or impractical, but it has repeatedly yielded scientific breakthroughs — and continues to pay for itself many times over.
Projects that seem odd or impractical — on animal behavior, obscure molecules, or fundamental physics — may be easy targets for ridicule, but such studies have repeatedly yielded transformative breakthroughs. of births in the US are preterm, and those infants face higher rates of both developmental complications and mortality due to poor growth, weakened immune systems, and extended hospital stays. Field — also partially supported by the NIH — conducted clinical trials in neonatal intensive care units to test whether a similar form of tactile stimulation could improve the infants’ trajectories.
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