Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

Cary Funk

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    The Politics of Climate

    Americans are polarized over the causes and cures of climate change and how much they trust climate scientists, but most support a role for scientists in climate policy and expanding solar and wind energy.

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    Half of Americans say permanent implanted devices would be less acceptable

    Americans wary of using chip implants to boost brain power for the healthy

    Thanks to scientific advancements, brain chip implants are already being tested in individuals to help them cope with an injury or ailment. But when it comes to the potential use of such implants to give an already healthy and capable person abilities that they do not currently have, Americans are more wary than enthusiastic. Some […]

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    Why Americans are wary of using technology to ‘enhance’ humans

    Emerging technologies that draw from biomedical technology, nanotechnology, information technology and other fields may lead to any number of ways people might be able to “upgrade” themselves. But a majority of Americans greet the possibility of these breakthroughs with more wariness and worry than enthusiasm and hope.

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    Methodology

    The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults living in households. Respondents who self-identify as internet users (representing 89% of U.S. adults) participate in the panel via monthly self-administered web surveys, and those who do not use the internet participate via telephone or […]

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    Acknowledgements

    This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at: www.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/science Primary Researchers Brian Kennedy, Research Associate Cary Funk, Associate Director, Research      Research team Lee Rainie, Director, Internet, Science and Technology Scott Keeter, Director, Survey Research Kyley McGeeney, Research Methodologist Jeffrey Gottfried, […]

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    2. Personality and interest in science, health topics

    Beyond demographic differences, there is also an association between personality traits and interest in science and technology topics. In particular, Americans with a tendency to be open to new experiences, regardless of other characteristics, tend to express more interest in science and technology topics. There is a long history of attention to personality differences in […]

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    1. Public interest in science, health and other topics

    Most Americans express a broad interest in health and medicine, as well as in science and technology along with other topics. Seven-in-ten adults (70%) say they are interested in health and medicine, more than any other of the nine topics asked about in the survey. Large shares also say they are interested in local events […]

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