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

• US Is Hotbed of Climate Change Denial

• Yes, Flat-Earthers Really Do Exist

• ‘New Age’ beliefs common among both religious and nonreligious Americans