If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist.

Innovations in science and technology are the engines of the 21st-century economy; if you care about the wealth and health of your nation tomorrow, then you'd better rethink how you allocate taxes to fund science. The federal budget needs to recognize this.

The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself.

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