So HS2 could go £30bn over-budget: theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/j… It really puts our failure to invest in science in perspective: *just the cost overrun* is almost enough to develop nuclear fusion. Here’s something I wrote back when the budget was just £50bn… theguardian.com/science/blog/2…

For any followers Down Under, did you know that there’s a growing Australian Scienceogram? Check out Sarah Scholz🌺🎶’s first investigation, uncovering how the Australian Government inflates its internal R&D stats: x.com/ScienceogramAu…

We made an animation about why it’s so important to #StayAtHomeSaveLives Please RT! #coronavirus #COVIDー19 #COVID19 #covid19UK #StayTheFHome #LockdownNow

Not our usual science funding infographics, but Andrew Steele and Dr. med. Tran Nguyen made this animation about why it’s so important to #StayAtHomeSaveLives. Please share! #coronavirus #COVID19 #lockdown x.com/statto/status/…

.CEPI desperately needs more funding to develop a #coronavirus vaccine. They’re asking for $2bn—less than £30 per person in the UK, and about $6 per American. Please share our infographic: scienceogram.org/blog/2020/03/c…

A #coronavirus vaccine needs someone to stump up $2bn for testing. That’s less than 0.1% the amount governments have already spent on bailouts. CEPI will run out of money in a week. Here’s an infographic from Scienceogram. More info: scienceogram.org/blog/2020/03/c…

This is peanuts—less than $10 per person for the billion or so of us living in the high-income countries. It’s an investment that would pay itself back many, many, many times over. Governments, businesses, billionaires—get on it! #coronavirus #COVIDー19

Great thread about how science funding fails in times of crisis. People working on other stuff have time to apply for new covid grants. Actual coronavirus experts are so run off their feet they’ve not got time to write an application. x.com/firefoxx66/sta…

Coronavirus: what the hell do we do now?! I think the media coverage of covid is too focussed on the day-to-day and not enough in what comes next. So I made a video to try to work it out. Please share! If everyone who watches it sends it to 2–4 friends… youtu.be/bygIMiNnlVE

Cancer Research UK is being forced to cut £150m in research and 500 staff because coronavirus has hit the charity’s income hard. The Government is committed to doubling research funding. Bailing out CRUK and other medical charities would be a great start. scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2020/07/15/cov…

How much did it cost to land ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover on the surface of Mars? About the same as Avengers Endgame grossed in cinemas…and 0.4% of the *annual* US military budget. Full data and sources: scienceogram.org/blog/2021/02/p…

Depressing to see that science continues to be a political football… Now the Government promises to make us a ‘science superpower’, but the impact of its short-sighted decisions in other areas impact upon our research funding. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Is science saved? Were we at Science is Vital right to hang up our lab coats and placards? You’ll be unsurprised to know, it’s a bit more complicated than that… THREAD bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

It’s Christmas day! Even more excitingly, it’s the day that the NASA Webb Telescope telescope takes to the skies! But how much did it cost? I made a festive infographic to put it into context. Details and data at steele.link/jwst #JWST #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope

Congratulations to European Space Agency and NASA for the successful launch of the NASA Webb Telescope telescope! If you’re wondering how much this incredible feat of science and engineering cost, Andrew Steele has just the infographic for you! #JWST #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JamesWebb x.com/statto/status/…