The University of Kentucky is tapping revenue from its athletic department to fund construction of a new science building, he added.

WSJ: Public-University Costs Soar

Late in 2010 one government agency, the National Science Foundation, unexpectedly withdrew its support for the construction of the South Dakota laboratory.

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Half a billion dollars meant for science experiments on board the station have already been siphoned off for construction instead.

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