Political science
Aug 15, 2023
New book examines the political misinformation that threatens the US system of government
Misinformation pervades U.S. politics.
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Astronomy
Aug 8, 2023
Smoking-gun evidence for modified gravity at low acceleration from Gaia observations of wide binary stars
A new study reports conclusive evidence for the breakdown of standard gravity in the low acceleration limit from a verifiable analysis of the orbital motions of long-period, widely separated, binary stars, usually referred ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2023
Meg 2: The truth about the extinct mega shark, and why even this ridiculous film could inspire future paleontologists
Otodus megalodon, the biggest shark of all time, has long captured the imaginations of paleontologists and the public alike. Scientific fascination spawns from the sheer enormity of their fossilized teeth. As big as human ...
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2023
How social media can spread conspiracy theories and even spark violence
Conspiracy theory beliefs and (more generally) misinformation may be groundless, but they can have a range of harmful real-world consequences, including spreading lies, undermining trust in media and government institutions ...
Social Sciences
Jul 28, 2023
How thinking style differences are associated with anti-immigrant conspiracy beliefs
In recent years, anti-immigration sentiment and conspiracy theories have become widespread across the U.S. and Europe.
Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2023
Record technostress and reduced well-being show that remote working isn't as good as we thought
At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 557 million workers were forced to work from home.
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2023
Spiritual people more likely to be skeptical about science, study finds
Scientists surveyed 600 Dutch people on what they think and believe about certain topics and how that affects their opinions on science. Specifically, it involved what they thought about nanotechnology, human genome editing ...
Environment
Jul 17, 2023
Viewpoint: Paying the costs of climate resilience
The transition to an environmentally sustainable economy has begun, but it will be a generation (about twenty years) before we will see moderation of global warming. The cost of reducing climate pollution faster would be ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2023
Why people tend to believe UFOs are extraterrestrial
Most of us still call them UFOs—unidentified flying objects. NASA recently adopted the term "unidentified anomalous phenomena," or UAP. Either way, every few years popular claims resurface that these things are not of our ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2023
Positive contact with diverse groups can reduce belief in conspiracy theories about them, research suggests
New research has shown that having positive contact with people from diverse groups can reduce the development of harmful intergroup conspiracy beliefs.
