It is sad that even basic research needs to be defended with utility. For me, basic research is in the same category as art: civilized societies can't do without it, because we all want to know who we are and what our place in the natural world is -- questions that only science can answer.

Feeds I created that use #hashtags (see descriptions) for indexing:

Plant Science
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Plant Science Jobs
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Scientific Publishing
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Plant GMOs, Policy, etc.
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Plant Pathology
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