Bad Science

Usually this is where I point out mistakes by the press, but this tidbit really is literally bad news: a survey sponsored by the National Science Foundation showed that although nearly 80% of people in the U.S think that science research is important, 27% of adults surveyed believe that the sun goes around the earth, and more than half believe atoms are smaller than electrons. Oh boy. I also heard, but do not have the exact number, that a large fraction of those that did know that the Earth revolved the Sun did not know how long it took. Evidently not enough people read this web site! ;-)