More sequester spending
The government is cutting back on border patrols, it has closed the White House, it spent $880,000 on snail sex.
From
CNS News:
Feds Spending $880,000 to Study Benefits of Snail Sex
The National Science Foundation awarded a grant for $876,752 to the University of Iowa to study whether there is any benefit to sex among New Zealand mud snails and whether that explains why any organism has sex.
The study, first funded in 2011 and continuing until 2015, will study the New Zealand snails to see if it is better that they reproduce sexually or asexually � the snail can do both � hoping to gain insight on why so many organisms practice sexual reproduction.
I am all for the advancement of science but things like this need to be put away until there is more available funding. Our priority should be the economy, nothing else -- take care of that and jobs and research will follow.
Posted by DaveH at March 28, 2013 12:46 PM