In a recent study published in PLoS Biology, researchers investigated whether individuals with extreme attitudes, negative or positive, show a greater likelihood of believing that they understand ...

Historically, the scientific community has relied on educating the public in order to increase agreement with scientific consensus. New research from Portland State University suggests why this ...

Key points In a large, nationally representative U.S. sample, political conservatism was the most robust and stable predictor of anti-scientific attitudes. Conservative respondents were more likely to ...

Investigation into the Current Situation of Primary School Students’ Scientific Literacy and Dilemma This study investigates the current situation of primary school students’ scientific literacy ...

Historically, the scientific community has relied on educating the public in order to increase agreement with scientific consensus. New research suggests why this approach has seen only mixed results.