Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

NSF Science Indicators To Be Released Wednesday

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CORRECTION: The Indicators Report will be released Friday, Jan. 15.

The bi-annual NSF Science Indicators report will be released on Wednesday. Chapter 7 of the report will contain a useful synthesis of public opinion trends on science-related topics along with review of research on other dimensions of the science-society relationship. Check back here later this week for discussion of the implications of the report.

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