Technology is changing the ways people seek and get knowledge, communicate and work. But Americans still tend to embrace familiarity over newness when it comes to their choices of new products
When it comes to potential trade-offs between the environment and the economy, most Americans say stricter environmental regulations are worth the cost, while fewer say stricter environmental regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy.
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.
64% of Americans perceive scientists as neither liberal nor conservative.
If all went according to plan, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft swept past Pluto this morning just before 8 a.m. Eastern time, offering scientists and the public a glimpse at the previously unexplored edge of the solar universe.
Politics are at the center of Americans’ views on many, but not all, science issues. Here are five facts from our new report.
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