28% Percentage of U.S. adults in 2008 who had enough scientific knowledge to read the Tuesday science section in The New York Times, according to a survey by the University of Michigan's Jon Miller. That's up from 10% in 1988. $3.2 billion Amount of global funding in 2009 for research into neglected diseases, such as tuberculosis and dengue fever, according to a new report. That's up 8% from 2008.
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