In a world where trust in institutions is generally declining, trust in science remains relatively high. Yet belief in scientific conspiracy theories, such as hushed-up effects of vaccines or airplane ...

Climate change is reshaping the ecosystems on which people depend for water, food, energy, shelter, and cultural identity. Droughts, floods, heat, and fires ...

When people trust science, they can make better decisions, follow helpful rules and work together on big problems like health, climate change and new technology. But if people stop trusting science, ...

Pro-science protesters at the second annual Portland March for Science, Oregon 2018. Png Studio Photography/Shutterstock What explains this apparent contradiction ...

One of the key trends in public opinion over the past few decades has been a growing divide among Republicans and Democrats into ideologically uniform “silos.” A larger share of the American public ...

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