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China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2026
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Oh I couldn't get any hard data on reading age for the UK. Search engines are trash now.
Just figured out the apples to apples term to search is "functionally illiterate"
From a quick glance it seems to be about 18% (UK) vs 21% for the US. So as I expected, better but not anything to write home about.
https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/adult-literacy/
You mean you don't just trust the AI summaries?
18% or 21% sounds like a lot of people. Not an easy problem. :-(
Closest I could find for UK
https://literacytrust.org.uk/parents-and-families/adult-literacy/
This is for the US only, unfortunately, but it substantiates my claim, according to this article 54% read below 6th grade level but the “average” American reads at 7-8th grade level