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The United States Is Not an Apocalyptic Wasteland, Explains Steven Pinker Conflict

The United States Is Not an Apocalyptic Wasteland, Explains Steven Pinker

By Phil Torres The Harvard cognitive scientist tells us how life is always getting better,…

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Are We Fundamentally Good or Evil? Neuroscience Has an Answer Conflict

Are We Fundamentally Good or Evil? Neuroscience Has an Answer

By Nicola Brown What underlies every box office hit, bestselling novel, and most compelling video…

AdministratorMay 2, 2017

What Is Driving the Rise of ‘Fake News’ and News Literacy Lessons to Spot It Media

What Is Driving the Rise of ‘Fake News’ and News Literacy Lessons to Spot It

By Gene Foreman and the News Literacy Project The “fake news” phenomenon was on vivid…

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Mind Over Mass Media Media

Mind Over Mass Media

By Steven Pinker NEW forms of media have always caused moral panics: the printing press,…

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Why worldview threats undermine evidence Media

Why worldview threats undermine evidence

By Michael Shermer Have you ever noticed that when you present people with facts that…

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5 facts about crime in the United States Crime

5 facts about crime in the United States

By John Gramlich February 21, 2017 Donald Trump made crime-fighting an important focus of his…

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Global Extreme Poverty Poverty

Global Extreme Poverty

by Max Roser and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina According to these household surveys, 44% of the world population…

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Americans’ Fear of Foreign Terrorists Is Overinflated Conflict

Americans’ Fear of Foreign Terrorists Is Overinflated

By Alex Nowrasteh One thing is clear from this presidential campaign: many Americans are scared of…

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Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion Media

Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion

23% say they have shared a made-up news story – either knowingly or not BY MICHAEL…

AdministratorApril 4, 2017