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Science Budget Cuts

The House of Representatives has passed a budget that includes some serious cuts to science. Technology, energy, environment, and basic research are some of the areas that would be affected. How likely is it that these cuts will become reality? And how would science change if they do? In this hour: the future of science funding

Guests:
Robert Park
Professor of Physics
University of Maryland
Spokesperson, American Physical Society
Washington, DC

Representative George Brown, D-California
Ranking Minority Member
House Committee on Science
Washington, DC

Arati Prabhaker
Director
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Gaithersburg, MD

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