Middlesbrough, England Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn travels on the number 36 bus from Middlesbrough to Stockton on Tees. During the journey he was joined by Redcar and Cleveland council leader Sue Jeffrey who is launching her manifesto next week in her bid to become the inaugural Teesside mayor in elections in May

Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Imageswomen. Win the hearts of women and you'll win a large contingency of voters who affect NASA funding.

It's not encouraging to see that people's opinions on topics such as global warming and vaccines hew with factors like political party and age. The former presents the risk that people may automatically decide on science based on their favorite party, instead of thinking through the issue by themselves. The latter is impossible to change.

In addition, education and knowledge have only a weak effect—if one at all—on people's opinions about whether vaccines are safe for healthy children, or whether America should frack more or drill more for oil offshore. These are arguments proponents must win in other ways.

Still, there's some hope. Having better education and science knowledge appears to strongly alter