Republicans and Democrats are equal consumers of science news, but the latter are 14 percent more likely to be pleased with what they hear or read. This is one of many takeaways from a new survey on “Science News and Information Today” published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank.

Overall, U.S. adults view stories about medicine, health, food and nutrition as the most helpful for their everyday lives.

The survey reveals that science museums were most beloved by the public, while people found general news outlets to be the least trustworthy for accurately portraying science. (Ouch!)

Here’s more about what the study found.

What they measured: From May 30 to June 12, Pew asked approximately 6,700 adults about their views on science communication and the media engagement habits; however, the final pool of participants contained 4,024 people that was nationally representative.

Favorite places to find science: Curiosity was the number one reason that Americans sought science news.

Overall, 54 percent of Americans engage with science content on a regular basis from general news outlets, which was the most popular source for science news. But only 28 percent of respondents think general news outlets get the facts right most of the time. By comparison, 45 percent look to documentaries for science updates, and 52 percent trust the information in those films.

While few (12 percent) get their science news from museums and zoos on a regular basis, the respondents judged these places to be the most trustworthy for facts. Moreover, most Americans (62 percent) had visited a zoo, science and technology museum or a national, state or county park within the last year.

One-third of Americans get their science news from friends and family, but only 17 percent actually discuss what they read or hear with others.

Et tu, social media? Seventy percent of Americans use social media, but they have mixed opinions about the science news popping into their feeds.

More than half of those on social media (54 percent) click through posts to read science news, while a third on social media label science news as important. But nearly half (45 percent) judged science news as “not very important” and 21 percent did recall seeing these posts at all.

And here’s the kicker. Even when they do see science news in their feeds, most social media users — 52 percent — do not trust it. This trend may be due to the diversity in the quality of what folks post.

Only 37 percent recalled seeing news about scientific discoveries. A slightly larger proportion (39 percent) noticed stories about strange or weird findings, while 27 percent registered posts about celebrities giving health or medical advice.

Overall, U.S. adults view stories about medicine, health, food and nutrition as the most helpful for their everyday lives.