Obama says the misinformation confuses people over an already complex issue that requires public understanding.
Fortunately, public understanding of climate change is on the rise, as is support for action.
Public understanding of the nature of the virus, and how it is spread, is limited.
It encompasses museums, shows and fairs and work to promote public understanding of the history of science.
The other figure who has done much to shape the public understanding of MI6 is John le Carre.
"These changes will help to bring public understanding and attitudes towards mental health into the 21st Century, " he said.
Mike Farrar, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, says there is no public understanding of why changes are needed.
And if it's not clear, how does the new model benefit public understanding?
Groups like the Union of Concerned Scientists are redoubling their efforts to defend scientists and advance public understanding of climate change.
"When I was first Minister of Science and Innovation there was an initiative called the 'public understanding of science', " he explained.
However, they believe that public understanding of the value of biodiversity and natural resources suffers from having no intrinsic monetary value.
"It appears that there is growing public understanding that the proposed new food store would not harm the town centre, " said Barwell.
Mr Owen, of the Geological Society of Glasgow, said the museum was important to promoting greater public understanding of geology and science.
But a spokesman said in a statement the government and the judiciary were "determined to improve transparency and public understanding of courts".
David Spiegelhalter is Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University and a Senior Scientist in the Medical Research Council's Biostatistics Unit.
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The less civil the accompanying comments, the more risk readers attributed to the research, a finding that has implications for the public understanding of science.
He has written several popular science books, including The Selfish Gene and holds the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford.
The St Kilda Diaries project will enrich this visual record to further develop public understanding of this remote and fascinating member of the UNESCO UK World Heritage community.
The Multi One Attitude Foundation and UNESCO are collaborating to raise public understanding of the urgent need to preserve and protect our ocean and fresh water.
Mark Brandon, a polar oceanographer at the Open University who specialises in public understanding of science, compiled his own account of recent communication on the Arctic.
Through their public appearances, contacts with the international media and humanitarian work, they expand public understanding of how the United Nations helps to improve the lives of people everywhere.
Columbus Day is our most confused holiday celebration, one in which the public understanding of the day has shifted the farthest from the intent of those who instituted the observance.
There was some discussion on what can be done about this, in the context of improved engineering education, training and capacity building and the promotion of the public understanding of engineering.
Seven in 10 adults with autism say they have not had their needs assessed since they turned 18, while 79% think that public understanding of their condition is poor or very poor.
The Ministry of Justice said recently that justice must be done and "be seen to be done", and said the government and judiciary was determined to improve transparency and public understanding of courts.
Through the new MDG-F programme, UNESCO's Office in Beijing expects to increase at least by 10% the number of newspaper articles in the target areas, promoting public understanding of good diet practices and the right to adequate food.
The role of the state in defining strategy, purposes and priorities of policy for culture and the measure of public understanding of the value of culture depend on a general conceptualizing of the cultural sector and cultural policies.
Currently working with the National Science Foundation, Skild will be setting up competitions to drive innovation in several areas of science, such as: teaching science to kids and igniting their scientific creativity, communicating science journalism and creating public understanding between scientists and citizens, and approaching agricultural challenges in the developing world.
The Multi One Attitude Foundation (MOAF), a charitable organisation that aims to use sailing as a means for education and awareness of key water sustainability issues, has joined with UNESCO, to promote a shared mission to raise public understanding of the urgent need to preserve and protect our ocean and fresh water.
It argued that the public interest in understanding the risks involved in this case "would have been very high, if not exceptional" and would have provided the public "with a far better understanding of the risks to a national institution which millions depended on".
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