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Resources: Science Literacy

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Statistics and articles on Science for the Public homepage Heads Up! Surprising Stats on Science Literacy

STATISTICS

  • IES/NCES International Comparisons: Science, Reading, and Mathematics Literacy of 15-Year-Old Students: 2017
  • Pew Research Center: What Americans Know about Science, 2019 (2019)
  • National Science Board: Science and Engineering Indicators, 2018
  • IEC International Science/Math/Reading Literacy, 2015

BOOKS

  • What's Next? Dispatches on the Future of Science. Max Brockman (Ed.). (Vintage Books, 2009)
  • Science Under Siege. Kendrick Frazier (Ed.). (Prometheus Books, 2009)
  • Unscientific America. Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum. (Basic Books, 2009)

ARTICLES

  • Scientific Communication in a Post-Truth Society (PNAS 2919)
  • Comment: Science Education and the Future of Humankind. Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate, Physics. (Science News, 2008)
  • How to advance scientific literacy (Phys.Org, 2009)
  • NASA on crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths (Phys.Org, 2009)

Science News

The World’s Oceans Are a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ Reaching Dangerous Acidification Levels Earlier Than Scientists Thought

The Proposed NASA Budget Cuts Would Decimate American Science, an Expert Says

Meta Is Building a Super-Intelligence Lab. What Is That?

What to Know about Project 2025’s Dangers to Science


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