Andrea Caumont

Americans see the next half-century as a period of profound scientific change, but they don't agree on what will or won't come to pass.

The share of mothers who do not work outside the home has risen over the past decade, reversing a long-term decline in stay-at-home mothers.

Generations typically span about 20 years, so the oldest Millennials, now 33, may not have much in common with today's very youngest Americans.

Americans are growing more attached to modern digital technologies, such as cellphones and the internet, and less attached to traditional hardware, such as landline phones and televisions.

College-educated millennials are outperforming their less-educated peers on virtually every economic measure, and the gap between the two groups has only grown over time.

While women have narrowed their pay gap with men over the past 30 years, many have also seen their progress slow, and even reverse, over the course of their careers.

What Americans thought about some of the biggest news stories of 2013.