Why facts backfire in political debates, and what psychology says works to bridge divides and prevent radicalization.

As part of the Horizon Europe project Capable, researchers surveyed around 19’000 people from 13 European countries on 15 ...

Don Borah played a key role on the Evanston City Council in the 1970s and early '80s. Don Borah, a Wilbur Wright College ...

Thanks to taxpayer funding, scientific research has become utterly and hopelessly politicized. It’s time to pull the plug on ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) “last-resort” proposal to raise property taxes in the city has political observers questioning whether his gambit to get New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to back ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. On paper, little appears to have changed for UMass Chan Medical ...

More than 20 percent of Americans express little or no confidence in scientists to “act in the best interests of the public,” according to Pew’s latest polling. Just 13 percent gave that answer in ...

New Age guru Deepak Chopra discussed weird science experiments with Jeffrey Epstein — including tests on telepathy in autistic kids and clairvoyant reactions to “erotic/violent” images. Emails ...

ASHEVILLE, NC. (WLOS) — Political experts said it's unclear how President Donald Trump's proposal to federalize elections would affect voting in North Carolina, largely because no such system ...

In its first year, the second administration of President Donald Trump has taken numerous actions, in the form of both sweeping policy initiatives and directives targeted at specific groups or ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views on scientists and scientific research. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...