Science Is Hard (Musical Tribute)

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory scientific research and development services employee hours worked per capita.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5_7NxCBdH_1JbL0qdmY_dl6c7bM3PiGIzBHfSCrn0dHVh4V2mCKjO2UyaDbByGwlF_1uxsHDpSTqGCTjHKbUSty3Sf9T5H9jb5MAMgq_Ke_Pd2ynCFc4tye78LLL0b8Fd9rTyLdU9A4/s1600/Science+Is+Hard.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5_7NxCBdH_1JbL0qdmY_dl6c7bM3PiGIzBHfSCrn0dHVh4V2mCKjO2UyaDbByGwlF_1uxsHDpSTqGCTjHKbUSty3Sf9T5H9jb5MAMgq_Ke_Pd2ynCFc4tye78LLL0b8Fd9rTyLdU9A4/s320/Science+Is+Hard.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Science is even harder when the funding dries up.<br /><br /><b>October 15, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/us-government-shutdown-forces-closure-of-anarctica-research-stations/1770322.html">US Government Shutdown Forces Closure of Antarctica Research Stations</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>The National Science Foundation has run out of money. It cannot go forward without its proposed $465 million budget. In a statement on its website, the NSF announced, “all field and research activities not essential to human safety and preservation of property will be suspended.”</i></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/JueL20Mcglo" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://www.bls.gov/data/#employment">BLS: Employment</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/POP">St. Louis Fed: Population</a>

Science Is Hard (Musical Tribute)

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory scientific research and development servic...

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