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A Gallup and Walton Family Foundation survey shows that Gen Z males in the U.S. express higher STEM interest than females, revealing key gender gaps.
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A new Wellcome Global Monitor report reveals how much -- or little -- people think their governments value the opinions and expertise of scientists and make decisions based on their advice.
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Americans regard reports of UFOs less skeptically than they did two years ago. UFO doubters still outnumber believers, but 41% now think some sightings have involved alien visitors.
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UFOs could be anything from figments of the imagination to cases of mistaken identity to alien spacecraft. Learn what Americans think on the issue.
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Less than half of Republicans, 45%, are confident in the institution of science, compared with 72% in 1975. At the same time, Democratic confidence in science has increased from 67% to 79%.
Gallup asked more than 300,000 people across 116+ countries and territories how the pandemic affected their lives and livelihoods -- and their willingness to take vaccines.
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Eight in 10 adults worldwide said in 2020 that their lives were affected at least some by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 45% saying it affected them a lot.
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The majority of adults worldwide (68%) told Gallup in 2020 that they would agree to be vaccinated if a coronavirus vaccine were available, but about one in three -- or 1.3 billion people -- would not.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic sent shockwaves across the global economy last year, Gallup surveys in 117 countries and territories in 2020 show the pandemic damaged more than a billion people's livelihoods in its wake.
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Does having access to scientific knowledge lead to people feeling more included in its benefits? The Wellcome Global Monitor survey indicates so.
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Most people worldwide say the work that scientists do benefits people like them. However, considerably fewer say scientists' work benefits most others.
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Four in 10 Americans have a creationist view of human origins, while 33% believe humans evolved with God's guidance and 22% without it.
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The new Wellcome Global Monitor offers insight into how people around the world think science and technology will change their local job markets.
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The new Wellcome Global Monitor reveals a number of Americans have doubts about vaccines -- particularly in regard to their safety.
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Wellcome's new Global Monitor report shows that half of people worldwide are confident in charities and nongovernmental organizations.
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What if trust in science, health and vaccines crashed? A new global survey probes these and other urgent questions.