If we want the United States to hold its own with countries around the world in science and engineering, it helps to know how we're doing in those fields.
That's why there's a 2022 State of U.S. Science and Engineering report to track the commitment of money and people to research and development and more.
The United States does the most R&D, but China is coming up fast, in a shift from the U.S. and Europe to Asia.
We hear more details from the report, and their implications, in a chat with Julia Phillips, formerly of Sandia National Laboratories and currently a member of the National Science Board.