I'm guessing this is the answer (apologies if I missed it in the article): "In absolute terms, U.S. spending on R&D far exceeds that of any other country: in c

I'm guessing this is the answer (apologies if I missed it in the article): "In absolute terms, U.S. spending on R&D far exceeds that of any other country: in current dollars, the United States spent $401.6 billion in 2009, more than twice as much as the second-highest R&D investor, China, which spent $154.1 billion." [1] I've seen a lot of people who learned english because they want to come to the US to do science, because that's where they are more likely to get funded. [1] http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-sources-and-uses-of-us-science-funding http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-sources-and-u...