Short Reads

Religion and evolution will take center stage Tuesday evening in Petersburg, Ky., home of the Creation Museum and the site of a debate between Ken Ham, the museum’s founder, and Bill Nye. The topic: “Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern scientific era?”

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.

The share of Americans who say they're looking forward to the Winter Olympics.

A majority of Americans were looking forward to this year’s Super Bowl when asked in early January.

More than six decades of global temperature data, condensed into a 15-second visualization.

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.

Russia is hoping that the Sochi Olympics will showcase the country, but when it comes to global public opinion toward Russia, much of the world has unfavorable or mixed views.

The share of Americans without insurance who have an unfavorable view of the health care law outnumber those with positive views by almost two-to-one.

45% of Asian Americans say the U.S. immigration system “works pretty well and requires only minor changes” while 47% say the system “needs to be completely rebuilt” or “needs major changes.”