美国科学基金会被批研究项目太古怪
<p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="Republican">Republican</span> <span word="senator">senator</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Science">Science</span> <span word="Foundation">Foundation</span> <span word="criticizes">criticizes</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="a">a</span> $500,000 <span word="study">study</span> <span word="involving">involving</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shrimp">shrimp</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="treadmill">treadmill</span>。</p><p><span word="Sen">Sen</span>. <span word="Tom">Tom</span> <span word="Coburn">Coburn</span>, <span word="R">R</span>-<span word="Okla">Okla</span>., <span word="authored">authored</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="criticizing">criticizing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="foundation">foundation</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="spending">spending</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="include">include</span> $1.5 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="laundry">laundry</span>-<span word="folding">folding</span> <span word="robot">robot</span>, <span word="a">a</span> $300,000 <span word="study">study</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="Facebook">Facebook</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="FarmVille">FarmVille</span> <span word="game">game</span> <span word="promotes">promotes</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="relationships">relationships</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="a">a</span> $400,000 <span word="study">study</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Jell">Jell</span>-<span word="O">O</span> <span word="wrestling">wrestling</span>。</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> 12 <span word="different">different</span> <span word="agencies">agencies</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="pure">pure</span> <span word="research">research</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="duplicating">duplicating</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="sharing">sharing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="across">across</span>," <span word="Coburn">Coburn</span> <span word="said">said</span>。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Science">Science</span> <span word="Foundation">Foundation</span> <span word="responded">responded</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> "<span word="have">have</span> <span word="advanced">advanced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="frontiers">frontiers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="engineering">engineering</span>, <span word="improved">improved</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span>' <span word="lives">lives</span>."</p><p><span word="Agency">Agency</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="assisted">assisted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="creation">creation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="barcodes">barcodes</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Web">Web</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="Google">Google</span>。</p><p>美国一名共和党参议员近日提交报告，批评美国国家科学基金会“胡闹”，包括花费50万美元研究虾米在跑步机上的运动能力。</p><p>这位名叫考博恩的议员在署名报告中还斥责该基金会把150万美元用于研究“能叠衣服的机器人”，把30万美元用于研究“脸谱网的虚拟农场游戏能否改善人际关系”，用40万美元研究“在果冻里摔跤的技能和注意事项”等。</p><p>考博恩在接受采访时说，“我们有12家不同的机构在做纯学术研究，他们彼此并没有共享信息，而是在做低水平的重复劳动。”</p>
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