Science and Innovation

Americans are consistently more likely to say that the U.S. spends too much on space exploration than too little.

We asked Americans how likely they thought five things were to happen by 2064. Here's what they said, and what science says.

Americans see the next half-century as a period of profound scientific change, but they don't agree on what will or won't come to pass.

Americans are largely optimistic about the long-term future of scientific progress, but concerned about some changes that might occur in the near future.

NASA's SpaceX launch could herald the beginning of the use of private, reusable rockets to service America’s space program.

Six-in-ten Americans say that “humans and other living things have evolved over time,” while a third reject the idea of evolution, saying that “humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time.”