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U.S. could fall behind in global ‘brain race’

A chorus of scientists, politicians and business leaders has long sounded this lament: The USA is about to be deposed as the world’s leader in science and technology.

And last week President Bush joined the choir, calling in his State of the Union address for a $136 billion boost in science education and research over the next 10 years. "We cannot afford to be complacent. In a dynamic world economy, we are seeing new competitors, like China and India," he said.

Such concerns are driving the biggest push to improve U.S. science competitiveness since 1957, when the Soviet Union started the space race with the launch of a basketball-size satellite called Sputnik.

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-02-08-usa-science_x.htm

Rob and Terry Ryan’s STARS initiative ( Science and Technology At ouR Schools) Gifts Computers to Math Lab at Hamilton High School. http://www.matr.net/article-17912.html

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