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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 19 2020, @05:42PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 19 2020, @05:42PM (#945396)

    Western medicine is driven by unthinking application of a catalog of assumed probabilities. Just read about a case where a thirteen year old girl was vomiting up her food and losing a lot of weight. They gave her psych pills, because girls like that must have bulimia. A year later she comes back with the vomiting and refkux. Now they scanned her and found out her stomach was herniated through her diaphragm. They let her keep the stomach, installed a grommet to prevent her stomach from herniating again. She comes back a while later with the same symptoms. Doctors order another scan and now discover she actually suffers from SMA syndrome, which may have been the cause for all her problems.
    A rare disease for sure, but it shows the lack of broader analysis in reaching a treatment decision.

  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday January 19 2020, @11:23PM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Sunday January 19 2020, @11:23PM (#945539) Homepage
    Great example. Clearly they should have gone straight for the tiger penis.
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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @03:16AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @03:16AM (#945636)

      Tiger penis may have been better for her than the psych drugs.