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College gets $700,000 in National Science Foundation grants

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Oceanographers in New England ask for new vessel to explore

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This March 2018 photo shows Kristina Olson in her laboratory in Seattle. She is the creator and leader of the TransYouth Project, which is considered the first large-scale long-term study of transgender children in the U.S. On Thursday, April 12, 2018, Olson was named winner of the NSF's annual Alan T. Waterman Award, the government's highest honor for scientists still in the early phases of their careers. (Dennis Wise/University of Washington via AP)

$1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kids

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

NSF official tapped as president for University of Maine

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US grant ensures record-setting magnet lab stays in Florida

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National Science Foundation awards $1M to college

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Simon-Campbell after 23. Qb6.

John Campbell remembered: The Arlington Chess Club’s genial guiding light

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

NSF giving Maine lab grant to study life below seafloor

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The 2017 Wastebook, run by Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake counts three fish projects involving taxpayers paying to have fish exercises on treadmill-like objects. (Associated Press)

National Science Foundation swimming in waste with fish studies

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Woman is fighting for survival of observatory

By COURTNEY HESSLER - Associated Press

Lake George sensor network to be completed with $917K grant

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Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), will study ways to make classrooms LGBT-friendly with a $150,000 grant from the federal government. (Facebook, Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

Feds issue $150K grant to study LGBTQ engineering students, find ‘supportive spaces’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Golden Hammer: University of Washington spends science grant on Hawaiian vacation, Snuggies

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

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Golden Hammer: National Science Foundation grants helped to fund a study on speed dating

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

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Golden Hammer: Poorly monitored science research wastes taxpayers’ money abroad

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

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Golden Hammer: Government spends $695,000 to teach kids filmmaking

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Illustration on continued government monitoring of speech by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ANDREW P. NAPOLITANO: The feds’ ‘truthy’ new chill on free speech

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Wyoming research indicates cloud seeding works

By BOB MOEN - Associated Press

“We cannot afford to educate these foreign graduates in the U.S. and then send them back home to work for our competitors. For America to remain the world’s economic leader, we must have access to the world’s best talent.” - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who wrote the bill. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Global-warming musical “The Great Immensity” scored by taxpayers

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES