As the war between Israel and Hamas drags on, many on both sides have taken to social media to gather information and air their outrage. The impulse to do so is understandable: Political activism on social media provides ...
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2023
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Nearly all the world's governments and vast numbers of its people are convinced that addressing human-induced climate change is essential if healthy societies are to survive. The two solutions most often proposed go by various ...
Environment
Nov 27, 2023
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It is possible for corruption to lead to better environmental efficiency and improved economy in developing countries, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production.
Environment
Nov 24, 2023
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A surge in clean power generation will reduce carbon emissions in China next year and could put the world's biggest polluter on a path to sustained declines, according to a new report.
Environment
Nov 13, 2023
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What causes two people from opposing political parties to have strongly divergent interpretations of the same word, image or event?
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2023
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A first-of-its-kind study scanned the brains of dozens of politically involved participants while they watched campaign-ads and speeches by parties from both ends of the political spectrum, just before one of the last rounds ...
Political science
Jan 30, 2023
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QUT researchers have found that climate change belief is not uniform in relation to political orientation.
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2022
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Whether somebody engages civically or not, does not substantially influence their well-being. This is the central finding from two recent studies from Germany and the UK, conducted by researchers from the Universities of ...
Social Sciences
Jan 21, 2022
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Since the 1950s, political scientists have theorized that political polarization—increased numbers of "political partisans" who view the world with an ideological bias—is associated with an inability to tolerate uncertainty ...
Political science
May 14, 2021
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During the Bronze Age, Mesopotamia was witness to several climate crises. In the long run, these crises prompted the development of stable forms of sate and therefore elicited cooperation between political elites and non-elites. ...
Archaeology
Apr 27, 2021
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