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Social Sciences Jul 8, 2022

Mass shootings: Diametrically opposed social media users starting to agree that enough is enough

Schoolchildren huddled in Uvalde, Tex. classrooms as classmates and teachers are cut down by a rogue gunman. A peaceful weekend afternoon at a Buffalo, N.Y. grocery store interrupted by a white supremacist who sprays the ...

Social Sciences Jul 5, 2022

The extremist watchers: How a network of researchers is searching for the next hate-fueled attack

One evening in early June, a week after 19 students and two teachers were shot and killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, extremism researcher Kesa White started seeing media reports of another mass shooting, ...

Social Sciences Jul 5, 2022

Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting—that's what makes them dangerous

Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, from witch trials and antisemitic campaigns to beliefs that Freemasons were trying to topple European monarchies. In the mid-20th century, historian Richard Hofstadter described ...

Social Sciences Jun 28, 2022

Hate sites are using the wider abortion argument to spread racism and extremism

White supremacists are using the debate around women's reproductive rights to promote racist and extremist agendas, finds a new study released today, following news on Friday that millions of women in the US will lose the ...

Other Jun 14, 2022

'Alternative facts' are cons, and journalists can help quash them, new paper argues

Journalists need not cover both sides of an argument when one side is advancing what experts widely regard as a con, Illinois Institute of Technology John and Mae Calamos Endowed Chair in Philosophy J. D. Trout argues in ...

Social Sciences Jun 10, 2022

People overestimate groups they find threatening. When 'sizing up' others, bias sneaks in

Places are not just physical, but also social.

Archaeology Jun 9, 2022

Wreck of historic royal ship discovered off the English coast

The wreck of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century—which sank 340 years ago while carrying the future King of England James Stuart—has been discovered off the coast of Norfolk in the UK, it can be revealed today.

Social Sciences Jun 8, 2022

How social media fuels antisemitism

According to the Anti-Defamation League, 2021 was a low point in the history of American antisemitism.

Mathematics May 30, 2022

Dungeons & Dragons and burgers: 'Really bad outcomes' when we don't grasp fractions

n the 1980s there was a widespread conspiracy theory that young people who played the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons were prone to murder and suicide.

Social Sciences May 30, 2022

How self-publishing, social media and algorithms are aiding far-right novelists

Far-right extremists pose an increasing risk in Australia and around the world. In 2020, ASIO revealed that about 40% of its counter-terrorism work involved the far right.

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