Cultural cognition of scientific consensus
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Beliefs about how risky something is — from legalizing concealed handguns to allowing carbon pollution — are often shaped by deep cultural forces. The theory…
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Beliefs about how risky something is — from legalizing concealed handguns to allowing carbon pollution — are often shaped by deep cultural forces. The theory…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The International Criminal Court (ICC) has an open investigation into the genocide that occurred over the last decade in Darfur, Sudan. Though mass extermination is…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Previous attempts at quantifying the scope of food allergies among U.S. children have produced a wide range of estimates, from 2% to 8%. From a…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Many countries require labeling and reporting of alcohol levels in beverages, but the accuracy of these claims may be far from perfect, at least in…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Though fad diets and new “miracle” techniques for weight loss are regularly touted in American popular culture, health professionals have consistently maintained that eating moderate…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email With obesity on the rise across America, particularly among lower-income individuals, it has been suggested that part of the problem may be lack of access…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Nature doesn’t stand still, and humankind’s restlessness has only accelerated the movement of species around the globe. The zebra mussel came to the Great Lakes…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The spring 2011 protests and revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East — commonly referred to as the Arab Spring — were fueled by…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion killed 11 workers; the incident ultimately resulted in the release of some 5 million barrels of…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email When the well beneath BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig blew out in 2010, 4.9 million barrels of oil poured into the waters of the Gulf of…
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