Don’t be surprised if China offers Terry Tao the chair of the mathematics department at Tsinghua University.And all the funding he wants.Because it is possible for the US to fumble the bag as the destination for global talent. And indeed it is fumbling that bag right now.Paul Graham (@paulg):The Trump administration has suspended the funding of Terence Tao and the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA. https://t.co/jc4W57E4IT ...

Disillusioned American boffins and global talent that might once have chosen America are looking across the pond for jobs. Will Britain seize the opportunity? https://t.co/Ef3AY3rEUp ...

Disillusioned American boffins and global talent that might once have chosen America are looking across the pond for jobs. Will Britain seize the opportunity? https://t.co/1XnpO1aHJP ...