Why are we so bad at science?

What do most Americans know about science?

If a March 28 Pew Research Center poll is to be believed  — not nearly enough. And at a time when knowledge and facts are under assault as they have not been in recent memory, that’s a problem.

On the upside, about eight in 10 respondents to the new Pew poll knew that increased resistance is one of the big concerns about the overuse of antibiotics.And more than three-quarters know that an “incubation period” is the time when a person has an infection - but isn’t showing any visible signs of it.