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How many species of birds and land-dwelling mammals have gone extinct over the past 500 years?

According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the ultimate purpose of government?

What is the annual loss to the U.S. economy from excessive alcohol consumption?

Is the air in the United States generally more polluted than it was 30 years ago?

What portion of homosexual men living in large cities who test positive for HIV state that they are not infected with HIV?

How many of the unaccompanied minors who were apprehended illegally entering the U.S. over the past five years are still in the U.S.?

How many cases of groundwater contamination have been demonstrably caused by properly conducted fracking?

How much larger is the national debt than the federal government’s annual revenues?

With the exception of identical twins, how genetically unique is each human being?

In 1992, 93.0% of noninstitutionalized males aged 25 to 54 were considered to be participants in the U.S. labor force (meaning they were either employed or unemployed while looking for work). Is this rate now higher or lower?