“Shrimp on a treadmill” has become a byphrase for wasteful government spending. But the scientist behind the study says lawmakers are distorting the facts. The treadmill test—singled out by Sen. Tom Coburn in an attack on National Science Foundation funding —was designed to study shrimp’s reaction to changes in…
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Shrimp on Treadmill Study Not So Wacky: Irritated Researcher