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Many Americans can answer at least some questions about science concepts. Science knowledge levels remain strongly tied to education; Republicans and Democrats are about equally knowledgeable.

Test your knowledge of science facts and applications of scientific principles by taking our 11-question quiz, then compare your answers to the average American and across demographic groups.

About half of whites correctly answered at least nine of 11 science-related questions, compared with much smaller shares of Hispanics and blacks.

Many Nigerians, Tunisians and Kenyans say they plan to leave their countries in the next five years. Some who plan to migrate say they have taken steps to do so, such as gathering information about a destination country and saving money.

Nearly as many U.S. adults prefer to get local news online as through a TV set. And while Americans prize community connection from their local news providers, they are largely unaware of the financial challenges they face.

There are partisan divisions over certain aspects of local news reporting, including whether local journalists should express views on local issues.

Amy Mitchell, director of journalism research at Pew Research Center, discusses the findings of a new study on America's local news landscape.

In an interactive feature, you can see detailed profiles of local news attitudes and behaviors across the United States.