Science literacy is often held up as crucial for avoiding science-related misinformation and
enabling more informed individual and collective decision-making. But research has not yet …

Science and technology are embedded in virtually every aspect of modern life. As a result,
people face an increasing need to integrate information from science with their personal …

Concerns about public misinformation in the United States—ranging from politics to science—
are growing. Here, we provide an overview of how and why citizens become (and …

There is now an extensive literature on the question of how individual-level factors affect
climate change perceptions, showing that socio-political variables, notably values …

As an emerging field of theory, research, and practice, STEAM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) has received attention for its efforts to incorporate the …

Résumé Since first being introduced in the mid 1990s, the term “citizen science”—the
intentional engagement of the public in scientific research—has seen phenomenal growth …

Certain science‐related topics elicit persistent public controversy, such as routine childhood
vaccinations and anthropogenic climate change. Many people are misinformed about the …

This paper supplies a compact synthesis of the empirical literature on misconceptions of and
misinformation about decision-relevant science. The incidence and impact of …

One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new
scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produced it. When a scientific effort fails …

Developing and enhancing societal capacity to understand, debate elements of, and take
actionable steps toward a sustainable future at a scale beyond the individual are critical …