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2026 Golden Goose Awards Celebrate The Value Of Basic Science
Original: The Value Of Basic Science Celebrated With The 2026 “Golden Goose” Awards
The 2026 Golden Goose Awards are being presented, honouring researchers whose seemingly obscure basic science work later produced major real-world benefits. The awards, long used to make the case that curiosity-driven research deserves public funding, are again drawing attention to how unexpected discoveries pay off over time.
Why now: Ongoing debate over public funding for basic scientific research keeps the awards in the spotlight.
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