People from opposing political parties may agree on the existence and causes of climate change more than they think, a study shows. More
People from opposing political parties may agree on the existence and causes of climate change more than they think, a study shows. More
A sample of research exploring inspiration and belief in God, replicability of implicit theory of mind paradigms, and memory distortion resulting from context reinstatement. More
During the past two years, fake news has been a frequent topic of real news, with articles considering the role of social media in spreading fake news, the advent of fake videos and the role these play in the political process. Something less well-known, though, is that fake news has also become a More
Do you have a good B.S. detector? You need one in our digital age. The skill of spotting false information—rubbish, nonsense and, yes, fake news—is so important these days that scientists have begun serious research on it. They’re attempting to quantify when and why people spread it, who is susceptible More
In certain pockets of America, measles diagnoses have been spreading at previously unprecented rates. In 2017 there were 58 confirmed cases of the illness in Minnesota – the largest outbreak the state had seen in 30 years. Similarly, in 2008, a large outbreak occurred in California, which was thought to More
Have you ever felt as though you predicted exactly when the light was going to turn green or sensed that the doorbell was about to ring? Imagine the possibility that these moments of clairvoyance occur simply because of a glitch in your mind’s time logs. What happened first — your More