• Question: Which countries have made the most discoveries and progress in Science? Why are they more advanced?

    Asked by anon-129382 to Megan, Mzamo, Ola, Olivia on 16 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Ola Michalec

      Ola Michalec answered on 16 Nov 2016:

      If you look at top universities globally, you often come up with the US, UK and SE Asian countries – I think it’s because the money invested in research and tradition of culture and analytic approach (the last one especially in the UK)

    • Photo: Megan Seymour

      Megan Seymour answered on 16 Nov 2016:

      Unfortunately it mostly comes down to money. Countries that can afford to invest more in research come out better, UK, USA, China etc..
      For countries in which just making sure everyone has enough food and clean drinking water is a challenge, funding science isn’t a big priority.
      It has absolutely nothing to do with one nationality of people being more intelligent than another, we get people from less developed countries coming to work in scientific research here in the UK all the time and making really great contributions.

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