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47:19understanding now of what these awards really are about. And before we get into our next story, we're going to take this opportunity to do some quick housekeeping. For many of you who may be first-time listeners, welcome to the best science show on the planet. Uh for those of you who are returning, thank you for joining FFP Nation and continuing to support the show. We are available across any platform you can think of. Our videos are both on YouTube and Spotify currently. For audio listeners who may be listening on Apple, we are waiting for Apple to turn on video which allegedly is happening before the end of the year. If you're interested in some of the research papers that we talk about on the show,

47:59you can check out our website ffpod.com. Every episode page always includes the research papers we discuss in each episode. There's a lot of great other features on the site, including particularly relevant to this episode, uh, uh, the US funding tracker for research and development. And so, you can really dig into several different components about >> decades worth of funding as it relates to R&D across dozens of agencies. You can see how it's increased or decreased over time. You can see how the current funding cycle is shaping up for fiscal year 2027 with explainers, graphs, charts. It's actually a really great way

48:40for you to ground yourself in how much are we spending uh in these areas and where is it going to? Because interestingly, as we've talked about recently, many people think of the National Science Foundation as like, oh, all this money is going there. And from a research and development perspective, they're actually a very small slice as compared to some other agencies. I would have you guess which those other agencies may or may not be, but we really appreciate you all who are listening and joining us, especially for this super special episode in what is going to be an incredible couple of weeks. We are going to jump into our second research story for the Golden Goose Awards. Our next story is tracking