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Teaching the public more science likely won't boost support for funding, but sparking their curiosity might

  • Written by Matthew Motta, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Science of Science Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Teaching the public more science likely won't boost support for funding, but sparking their curiosity mightKindling interest might be better than filling people with facts.Chris Nguyen/Unsplash, CC BY

After 19 months without a director, the Trump administration recently tapped meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier to lead the the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Perhaps surprisingly, given the administration’s previous...

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