Cotch: Science Is Vital!


On saturday, a couple of thousand nerds gathered outside the treasury to be noisy, and to argue the case that science is vital.  The scientists are getting their contribution in early ahead of the “comprehensive spending review” that is to be announced this month.  Having been accused by their secretary of state of producing some science that isn’t “excellent” (merely “significant”), they need to make the treasury and business secretary understand that cutting science funding won’t do much to help the economy — indeed, it will do a lot to harm it further.

Read more about why they were protesting, and see all of the photos on cotch dot net.

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