Feds need to fund ‘blue skies’ research

Major scientific discoveries most often emerge from what scientists believe are important questions to explore no matter how trivial or irrelevant they may seem, rather than from the goals and directives set by other outside interests.

The Canadian government needs to support today’s brightest minds by boosting its support for fundamental research to encourage real scientific progress that will produce long-term benefits, writes David Robinson.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID ROBINSON

September 27, 2023

In 1869, the famed Irish physicist John Tyndall posed a basic, but surprisingly elusive, scientific question: why is the sky blue?

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