No 'science for science sake': emails show CSIRO plans to cut climate research
Video will begin in 5 seconds. CSIRO emails reveal new direction The future of Australia’s premier science organisation, the CSIRO, has again being placed in doubt by indications that 'doing science for science sake' will not be part of its strategy. PT0M45S 620 349 Australia's national science organisation planned to stop "doing science for science sake" and would no longer do "public good" work unless it was linked to jobs and economic growth, according to internal emails ..>> view originalThis is what went wrong with Telstra's mobile network
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Monday, April 4, 2016
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