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Genetically modified (GM) foods contain at least one ingredient coming from a plant with an altered genetic composition.[16. numoffset=”16″ Animals can also be genetically modified but most discussion about the role of GM foods in the U.S. has centered on crops. For background see the summary on food safety by the Word Health Organization or […]
Online nonprobability surveys are fast, cheap, and increasingly popular. We compared nine samples and found that accuracy varied substantially.
Fully 32% of online adults say science and technology is among the topics they find most interesting; 37% say health and medicine.
Fully 32% of online adults say science and technology is among the topics they find most interesting; 37% say health and medicine.
In an era of head-snapping racial, social, cultural, economic, religious, gender, generational and technological change, Americans have been sorting themselves into think-alike communities that reflect not only their politics but their demographics.
Last updated June 2016 The American public’s consumption of audio content, which includes radio news and talk shows in addition to music, sports and other programming, continues to increase. Advances in consumer technologies allow increasing numbers of Americans to choose to listen to radio on a variety of newer platforms, while at the same time, […]
More Americans get news on Twitter and Facebook today than in the past. We pulled together key facts about news consumption on these two popular social media sites.
Nearly two-thirds of American adults (65%) use social networking sites, up from 7% when Pew Research Center began tracking social media usage in 2005.
Millennials rely on Facebook for their political news, while Baby Boomers turn to local TV. And while Millennials are less engaged with political news, they trust news sources as much as older generations do.
U.S. homes are more energy-efficient per square foot than they used to be. But they’re also bigger, and their increased size offsets most of the efficiency gains.
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