A new Pew Research Center poll has found most Americans don’t believe in evolution, don’t think climate change is human-induced, and don’t know that electrons are smaller than atoms. Journalist Chris Mooney says the findings point to America’s collective scientific illiteracy. He co-authored the book “Unscientific America” and talks with host Jeff Young about what’s at stake if we don’t get our science straight.
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