Solar Eclipse of 2017 Boosted Science Interest

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🗓️ 14 August 2018

⏱️ 3 minutes

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The Michigan Scientific Literacy Survey of 2017 found that last year's total solar eclipse got Americans more interested in celestial science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.6	This is Scientific Americans' 60-second science. I'm Karen Hopkin.
0:38.3	Where were you on August 21st, 2017? If you're like me, and a couple hundred million other Americans, you were watching the total eclipse of the sun.
0:50.3	This is it.
0:51.3	Oh!
0:52.3	Oh my God.
0:58.3	Oh, last off.
0:59.6	Oh, stars!
1:01.8	Oh, my God.
1:01.8	Oh, my God.
1:02.8	Look at the stars.
1:03.8	Oh, no, stars.
1:04.6	It was breathtaking.
1:06.2	Mind-blowing.
1:07.4	Awesomely spectacular.
1:09.4	And potentially educational. Because a new study shows that folks who saw the celestial event sought information on solar eclipses about 16 times, both before and after the big day.
1:21.6	In the U.S., some 216 million adults viewed the eclipse. That's 88% of the adult population. This viewership dwarfs
1:30.5	that of the Super Bowl and ranks among the most watched events in American history. That's
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