The public’s knowledge of science and technology varies widely across a range of questions on current topics and basic scientific concepts, according to a new quiz by the Pew Research Center and Smithsonian magazine. [cont.] Pew Read more »
Attitudes on climate change, environmental science and clean energy
A new Associated Press poll reports a sharp increase in the number of people who believe that climate change is happening and will be a problem for the United States. The biggest change was among the significant group of people who say they don’t trust scientists. … Obviously, it’s a […] Read more »
Science doubters say world is warming
A growing majority of Americans think global warming is occurring, that it will become a serious problem and that the U.S. government should do something about it, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds. Even most people who say they don’t trust scientists on the environment say temperatures are rising. [cont.] […] Read more »
Trust in Scientists, Controversy and American Public Opinion on Climate Change
National Academy of Sciences, Sackler Colloquia A presentation by Jon Krosnick of Stanford University. (h/t The Monkey Cage) Read more »
46% Hold Creationist View of Human Origins
Forty-six percent of Americans believe in the creationist view that God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years. The prevalence of this creationist view of the origin of humans is essentially unchanged from 30 years ago, when Gallup first asked the question. [cont.] […] Read more »