New spending bill mostly boosts money for science research
Language in agreement could pave way to federal funding for work on gun violence
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BUDGET BOOST Nearly all U.S. science agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (shown), will see increases in funding for fiscal year 2018, which ends in September.
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