The Brain Drain: Could America Become a Second-Rate Power?

America has long been the place where big ideas take root. Now we may be watching that advantage slip through our fingers. This week, we get into the growing brain drain hitting U.S. universities and research labs. Scientists are weighing whether to stay or leave, and they’re not doing it quietly. Political meddling, unstable funding and a rising sense that the work just isn’t valued here anymore…