Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astronomy
I like to imagine the possibilities if we stopped spending money on military and instead spent it on research and science.  [edit - perhaps this is misunderstood as me suggesting money spent on the telecope is wasted; quite the contrary, I'm arguing that we should be spending MORE on efforts like this!]<p>Granted, there are some breakthroughs that come from military research, being generous that would still amount to a small fraction of what we could be discovering and improving if the goals were different.<p>And honestly, we should be spending $$$$ on food development research.  We're going to need to know how to grow food in new ways soon, as the old ways have reached their limits.  Food seems kind of important...