---
title: "The Year in Science—and What Americans Thought about It"
description: "Pew polls reveal a public divided on climate, supportive of NASA and wary of AI and genetic engineering"
date: "2018-12-31"
authors:
  - name: "Sara Atske"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2018/12/31/the-year-in-science-and-what-americans-thought-about-it/"
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
  - "Gene Editing"
  - "Human Enhancement"
  - "Religion & Bioethics"
  - "Space"
---

# The Year in Science—and What Americans Thought about It