Author: Emily DeMarco / Source: Science News

Forget all the ridicule heaped on treadmill-running shrimp.
About 80 percent of U.S. adults think that government spending on medical research, engineering and technology, and basic science usually leads to meaningful advances, a new survey from the Pew Research Center shows. The nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization queried 2,537 people from April 23 to May 6.
No matter where they fell on the political spectrum, a majority of Republicans and Democrats shared that view….
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