Scholars have long debated the role knowledge about and understanding of science plays in shaping people’s views on science issues. The common supposition is that when ordinary people have different ...

There is a significant gap in knowledge about scientific concepts along racial and ethnic lines in the U.S., according to a new Pew Research Center reportreleased last week. When asked a series of 12 ...

Americans with more formal education fare better on science-related questions, while Republicans and Democrats are roughly similar in their overall levels of science knowledge, according to a new ...

The practice of science is nothing more, and nothing less, than the earnest and thoughtful work of figuring things out, of trying to understand, of learning how things work. Scientists are people ...

For years, educators have assumed that if we could only give students the right science knowledge in the right way, we’d improve both K-12 students’ understanding of science and, by extension, public ...

Climate data has a completeness problem. If you’re looking for ancient carbon dioxide measurements, ice core data can give you that. If you have an interest in prehistoric ecology, the fossil record ...

Humans are becoming less intelligent as a species due to their accumulation of knowledge and development of high technology, ...

Parents of young children will be aware of the need to encourage early reading and maths skills in their kids. They know it’s ...