Rating system ranging across several levels of complexity:
1. 75% of the American public can understand it.
2. Laymen with a practical interest in medicine, largely for personal applications. (do a lot of web surfing on medical topics)
3. Laymen with a curiosity about science but not a background (enjoy blurb websites like National Geographic, BBC Earth News, New York Times Science articles)
4. Laymen with a strong science foundation (read popular science magazines like Scientific American)
5. Enjoyed and did well in science courses in college but took a degree in another field (Enjoy Steven J. Gould, read books about science)
6. Have a formal science degree but work in other fields.
7. Are a scientist from fields other than biology who know how science works in general
8. Have a background in biology at a more holistic level (non-molecular biology such as ecology, animal behavior, etc)
9. Have formal training in molecular biology but not specific area (general knowledge of field molecular biology)
10. Are experts in the subfield of molecular biology (such as apoptosis).
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