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posted by janrinok on Sunday January 19 2020, @12:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the lern-ur-science-fm-Twitter dept.

The U.S. share of global science and technology activity has shrunk in some areas even as absolute activity has continued to grow, as China and other Asian countries have invested in science and engineering education and increased their research spending.

That's one of the main takeaways of the "State of U.S. Science and Engineering" 2020 report, published by the National Science Board Wednesday. The report has historically been published every other year, but starting with this year's edition, the NSB is transitioning its format from a single report published every two years to a series of shorter reports issued more frequently.

"While the U.S. remains a leading player, other countries have seen the benefits of investing in research and education and are following our example," said Julia Phillips, chair of the NSB Science and Engineering Policy Committee. "While China is not the only story, its dramatic annual rate of R&D [research and development] growth is impressive. Other countries have seen the benefits of investing in research, and China is on a path to shortly become the world's largest R&D performer.

National Science Board report finds US dominance in science is slipping
State of U.S. Science and Engineering - 2020 report


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 19 2020, @02:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 19 2020, @02:58PM (#945299)

    Things are gradually changing on that front, but there's still so much bullshit being taught to children. People keep teaching that race is a thing and that racism is the cause of where some of these communities are today. But, if you actually look at the history of the US, the degree to which a community was persecuted is a poor predictor of where they'll be a couple generations down the road. You saw it with the Irish, Chinese, Japanese, Germans, Russians, Jews and numerous other groups that were subjected to astonishing levels of abuse and had extensive efforts to hold them back and yet these days things have gotten to the point, where it's hard for most young people to fathom that those groups were ever really oppressed. When we had a ballot measure last fall to bring back affirmative action the Chinese and Japanese were the only people of color that weren't going to get any "help" from it.

    A lot of it though goes back to the home. We've created policies that make it hard for parents to be at home monitoring their children and helping them develop the necessary habits. There are 168 hours in a week and school is only about 35 hours or so, the remaining 133 hours are at not school and that has a huge impact.

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