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Science 6 May 2005:
Vol. 308. no. 5723, p. 789
DOI: 10.1126/science.308.5723.789c
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Figure 4 Cause for cheer. Biologist Adnan Badran has already spent much of his career boosting science in Jordan by helping establish two universities and authoring 15 textbooks. Now, he has a chance to take it to the next level as the first scientist to lead the Jordanian government.

Badran, 70, who last month was appointed prime minister by Jordan's monarch, King Abdullah II, says his first goal will be to double the science budget from its current $100 million. In addition to combating a chronic brain drain, Badran is looking for "some big, cross-disciplinary projects that will get our scientists working together." His wish list includes solar energy, salt-resistant crops, and a controversial plan to replenish the Dead Sea by connecting it to the Red Sea. He also hopes to preside this year over the start-up of the SESAME synchrotron research facility.

"Financial times are rough here," says Mohammad Hamdan, a computer scientist at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan, "but now we have someone who will do his utmost for science."

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