Why Steve is dead?
calamitiesofnature.com
Cancer is the new terrorism.
http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/l3yw7/ten_years_later_calamities_of_nature/
calamitiesofnature.com
http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/l3yw7/ten_years_later_calamities_of_nature/
A lot of basic science really could be funded by government but there really isn't popular support to do it. Someone needs to figure out a way to get more invested basic research, either through public and/or private money.
That's the point the graph is making: priorities are screwed up.