"The Demon-Haunted World" has been criticized for not incorporating certain pieces of information relevant to the items he discusses in his book by "Smithsonian" magazine and an archived article by "The New York Times". In the magazine, it is argued that Sagan relates to issues of government choices and declining scientific thinking skills to pseudoscience topics like astrology and faith healing; but he ignores other issues which may be causing governmental bodies and other individuals to turn away from science. One of these other problems relates to consequences of pouring governmental money into cancer research. Trachtman writes, "it is not because of such beliefs that Congress now approaches the NIH budget with an ax. In fact, billions of dollars spent on years of research in the war on cancer have spawned growing professional bureaucracies and diminishing medical benefits." Trachtman argues that Sagan does not include problems like growing bureaucracies and diminishing medical benefits as reasons for a lack of scientific attention. Also arguing for an unaddressed issue in the book, The "New York Times" article writes that Sagan fails to emphasize the idea that scientists should take a more active role in reaching science to the public, while he does mention the failures of the education system to do so.