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Public trust varies by type of science, study finds

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Australians believe weather forecasters and vaccine scientists but distrust genetic modification

Australians’ level of trust in science varies according to the topic, a study has found.

A paper published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues on 6 April said that while vaccine science and weather forecasting were highly trusted, science on genetically modified agriculture was least trusted. Climate science was somewhere in the middle.

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