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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)

  • 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

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