Scientific Knowledge

By Noah Weeth Feinstein, Rainer Bromme, Sarit Barzilai, and Ayelet Baram-Tsabari Public engagement with science is widely perceived to be a source of many benefits to society, including benefits to the everyday decision making of its citizens, the quality of its democratic discourse, and the vitality of its scientific research institutions. Examples for such benefits would be the adherence

By Paige Jarreau Ph.D In general, U.S. adults trust scientists. Scientists’ credibility or trustworthiness ratings have been remarkably stable over time. Confidence in leaders of the scientific community is roughly the same or higher than it was in the 1970s according to Pew data. While U.S. adults may have very different attitudes on a variety of scientific issues than scientists do,

We are sad to announce that Angela Cassidy is stepping down as book review editor after almost 9 years at the helm. We'll soon be announcing the new book review editor but in the meantime we would like to sincerely thank Angela for her huge contribution to Public Understanding of Science. We'll miss working with you on book reviews and wish you all the best. Books to be reviewed can be