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Doing a PhD...

Doing a PhD involves building walls and then demolish them and build them back learning something during the process.

Basic Research under Attack

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Since the current world-wide crisis began scientists have had very difficult times. Cuts in budgets and grants are a common difficulty that researchers have to handle in order to progress with their projects. Nevertheless, curiosity and perseverance  are major forces that can drive a scientist towards their goal even in such a harsh condition. However, there is a critical boundary that can kill the bravest researcher and this happens when the manager in charge of science in your own country; the one who has to protect you as a researcher, tells in a prestigious media that " we must now stop talking about the importance of science, and instead commit ourselves to the need for excellence in science " and " we need to change the number of researchers by maintaining and improving the quality of the contracts while reducing the quantity. "  You can find  the full article in this link . Of course the response of the scientific community has been quick, and with