We talked briefly about money and science. How one could have great ideas and brilliant skills but without money be unable to do much. With recent declines in dispensable government funds, other sources of funding, namely really rich people, have been tapped into by scientists. An interesting Times article about this is below.
This emphasizes the need for we upcoming scientists to be able to communicate science and its significance to non science literate people. You wouldn’t want your potential donor to not be able to understand anything you were saying!
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/science/billionaires-with-big-ideas-are-privatizing-american-science.html?_r=0
This is a huge problem lately in medicine and very important to address!