Study: Conservatives' trust in science has fallen dramatically since mid-1970s
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 03:31
in Earth & Climate
While trust in science remained stable among people who self-identified as moderates and liberals in the United States between 1974 and 2010, trust in science fell among self-identified conservatives by more than 25 percent during the same period, according to new research from Gordon Gauchat, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.