The issue focused on business education. "We had an academic study that found that people who work in science, technology, engineering and math are more likely to have STEM degrees," said Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas).

But studies like this one don't tell the whole story. Research also shows that scientists can be experts in other fields as well. Scientists from medicine, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, engineering, mathematics, art, philosophy, literature, communications