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American Science is in Dangerous Decline while Chinese Research Surges, Experts Warn | Scientific American (www.scientificamerican.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Isn't a lot of science still publicly funded? iirc part of the problem is that initial and thus risky research is publicly funded but as soon as it shows promise some strange magic occurs that turns it into private intelectual property.