[popobobo]

Bro, I don't care what this article is trying to sell you. Science is never cheap. It is awesome that these scientist figure out some creative way to cut cost. If everyone is starting to do this on the large scale, the human civilization will stop developing.

[astrodust]

> Science is never cheap.

History disagrees. Some of the most fundamental discoveries were made using little more than junk laying around the scientist's laboratory.

You don't need a billion dollar budget to do important work. If you think you do, human civilization will stop developing because it's too busy applying for grants.

[jogjayr]

> Science is never cheap

I mean we got penicillin from moldy bread. "Never" is a strong word.

EDIT: It was from a moldy petri dish. The basic point still stands.

[krapp]

Science is only expensive because it's tied to the perverse incentives of capitalism.