This is absurd. The potential market for a new stealth fighter independent of US arms export controls is far stronger than it was a year ago. The UK has partners wanting to proceed with the project a… (View Post)

You can learn most of that at A level. (View Post)

There is a larger point, though. The vast majority of modern commercialised research can be traced back to "curiosity driven" research. Even in commercial settings that tends to be true. It… (View Post)

There is a larger point, though. The vast majority of modern commercialised research can be traced back to "curiosity driven" research. Even in commercial settings that tends to be true. It… (View Post)

Monoclonal antibodies came out of "curiosity driven research". The patents on them generated more income for the MRC (now absorbed into UKRI) than any other single discovery. The real probl… (View Post)