I was watching this video of a presentation by ScienceBlogling Matt Nisbet, and he related this factoid about the NIH and scientific illiteracy:
Only nine percent of Americans could identify what the NIH was.
(on the video, it's at the 27:00 mark)
Given the public's staggering ignorance, it's a miracle any science gets done. How can people not know that the NIH stands for the National Institute of Holiness?
Kidding.
More like this
I've been tagged by Hope for Pandora (who was tagged by DrugMonkey, who was tagged by
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, November 30, 2006
CONTACT: NIH News Media Branch, 301-496-5787
NIH ANNOUNCES MORE THAN 50 AWARDS IN THE PATHWAY TO INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world's foremost biomedical research center and the U.S.
We still have a chance to increase the NIH budget for this year.
well I've been able to barf up the acronym's components in order since I was a kid, I still need to go look at their website to discuss anything deeper.