From the American Academy of Arts & Sciences comes Encountering Science in America, a report released in February 2019. The Public Face of Science, an on-going project of the American Academy, recently released this follow-up report to Perceptions of Science in America (featured in the 3-22-2019 Scout Report). Encountering Science in America aims to "improve understanding and awareness of this...

In the latest national survey conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, nearly two-thirds of respondents reported that they believe climate change is happening and about half believed climate change is impacted by human activities. Interestingly, these numbers have remained relatively stable for the past years, perhaps, according to the report, because Americans aren't hearing...