China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible
(www.the-independent.com)
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/