Heads Up! Surprising Stats

• 2019 U.S. Public Views on Climate and Energy

• 25 Percent Think the Sun Revolves Around the Earth

• 36 Percent Believe in UFOs

• 38 Percent of Americans Believe the Creationist (Anti-Evolution) View of Human Origins

• A Look at What the Public Knows and Does Not Know About Science (Pew)

• About Two-Thirds of Americans Get Their News on Social Media

• Climate Misinformation May Be Thriving on YouTube

• Comparison of Science Literacy Across Nations (2014)

• Evolution is now accepted by a majority of Americans

• High Number of Adults Unable To Do Basic Mathematical Tasks

• Many People Don’t Know What Biodiversity Means

• Only 28 Percent of Adults Currently Qualify as Scientifically Literate

• Only 30 Percent of Americans Can Read and Understand the Science Section of The New York Times

• Paranormal America 2018: Chapman Univ Survey

• Public Knowledge about Science-Technology (NSF 2016)

• Science Denialism in the 21rst Century

• Science Teachers’ Grasp of Climate Change Is Found Lacking

• Scientific Communication in a Post-Truth Society (2019)

• Trust and Mistrust in Americans’ Views of Scientific Experts

• U.S. Concern about Climate Change Is Rising, but Mainly among Democrats

• U.S. Students Show No Improvement in Math, Reading, Science on International Exam

• US Is Hotbed of Climate Change Denial

• Why Are So Many 12th Graders Not Proficient In Reading and Math?

• Yes, Flat-Earthers Really Do Exist

• ‘New Age’ Beliefs Common Among Both Religious and Nonreligious Americans