Accelerator another sign of American decline

"Scientists have now fired two beams of particles called protons around the 27km-long tunnel which houses the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)," reports the BBC. "The £5bn machine on the Swiss-French border is designed to smash protons together with cataclysmic force."

Noticeably missing:  American scientists.  Interviewed on The World tonight, American scientists said Congress was unwilling to invest billions in generic science experiments, and lamented the loss of American leadership in science.

Big problem: we're not graduating enough science students. Big reason: gender bias against boys.

But back to America.  Just another indication that America refuses to invest in the 21st century, and will continue to lose its leadership position in the world.

Comments

[Stephen Downes]

> gender bias against boys.

Sorry, that simply doesn't follow (and belongs with the tin-foil-hat theories).

There are many reasons why the United States is not graduating scientists. None of them have to do with anti-boy gender bias.