But then the article just sorta peters out into a rather lame prelude to grant applications.
They’ve discovered something very interesting very far away, something which promises to yield a lot of interesting results through further study and something which, by definition, we can’t know all that much about right now. Because it’s so far away. (Center of the galaxy.)
And yes, grants will be needed. That’s the way science works.
If you want to change the structure of science funding so that taxpayer funds are no longer used (an arguably correct goal) that’s one thing. But if you want to blame this little paper — which is merely reporting on the existence of this fantastically interesting development — for the whole structure of science funding as it exists in America today... well, go ahead. No one’s stopping you.
:’)