{"id":6182,"date":"2022-08-26T14:02:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T12:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/?p=6182"},"modified":"2022-08-27T09:01:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T07:01:09","slug":"how-come-the-muggles-dont-hear-the-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2022\/08\/how-come-the-muggles-dont-hear-the-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"“How come the Muggles don\u2019t hear the bus?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a quote from Harry Potter<\/a> book about the Knight Bus<\/p>\n

The Knight Bus is a triple-decker<\/a>, purple AEC Regent III RT that assists stranded individuals of the wizarding community through public transportation. It operates at a very fast speed and obstacles will jump out of its way. To hail the bus, a witch or wizard must stick their wand hand in the air in the same manner that a Muggle might do to hail a taxi. The Knight Bus’ conductor is Stan Shunpike, who greets passengers and handles baggage. It is driven by Ernie Prang.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How come the Muggles don\u2019t hear the bus? Because they don’t look for it. Nobody looks for a bus moving at the speed that the Night Bus moves at<\/a>.<\/p>\n

U.S. science is moving at Night Bus speed when the White House issued a new policy<\/a> yesterday that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to the public without delay.<\/p>\n

This research, which changes our lives and transforms our world, is made possible by American tax dollars. And yet, these advancements are behind a paywall and out of reach for too many Americans. In too many cases, discrimination and structural inequalities \u2013 such as funding disadvantages experienced by minority-serving colleges and institutions \u2013 prevent some communities from reaping the rewards of the scientific and technological advancements they have helped to fund. Factors including race, age, disability status, geography, economic background, and gender have historically and systemically excluded some Americans from the accessing the full benefits of scientific research.\u00a0 To tackle this injustice, and building on the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s efforts to advance policy that benefits all of America, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)\u00a0released new policy guidance<\/a>\u00a0today to ensure more equitable access to federally funded research.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What about the German muggles BMBF, DFG,\u00a0 the major German academies, research and ethics organizations? How come that muggles don\u2019t hear the bus? Because they don’t look for it. Nobody looks for a bus moving at the speed that the Night Bus moves at.<\/p>\n\n

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