The STEM Web: 461 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Websites Reveal the Internet's Trust-Readability Paradox
We analyzed 461 STEM websites — from NASA and CERN to Khan Academy and IEEE — across SEO, EEAT, WCAG, readability, and GARM brand safety dimensions. STEM sites have the highest trust scores on the internet: 50.7% pass EEAT, more than double the web average of 24.5%. But they are also the least readable: only 11.7% pass readability, one-third the web average. Engineering websites have a 0% readability pass rate. The organizations that advance human knowledge can't communicate it clearly on the web.