Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Science is a way of knowing about the world. At once a process, a product, and an ...

Many in the scientific community believe that if the American public were more informed about the science behind climate change and energy issues, people would hold views that aligned more closely ...

There is a significant gap in knowledge about scientific concepts along racial and ethnic lines in the U.S., according to a new Pew Research Center reportreleased last week. When asked a series of 12 ...

Scholars have long debated the role knowledge about and understanding of science plays in shaping people’s views on science issues. The common supposition is that when ordinary people have different ...

Climate data has a completeness problem. If you’re looking for ancient carbon dioxide measurements, ice core data can give you that. If you have an interest in prehistoric ecology, the fossil record ...

The March for Science this year is set for April 14. Last year’s march drew tens of thousands who marched to protest the Trump administration’s war on science. Since then, a corresponding March for ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American How much do Americans know about science?

For years, educators have assumed that if we could only give students the right science knowledge in the right way, we’d improve both K-12 students’ understanding of science and, by extension, public ...