A newly published political science study finds that the process of validating vote-by-mail ballots in the United States remains subjective.

A new approach that integrates room for debate and collaboration with effective communication strategies can enable more ...

Political scientist Joseph Uscinski, a professor at the University of Miami, talks about conspiracy theories and the people who believe them. Uscinski’s research has found that conspiracy theories are ...

Archival records reveal that the 1971 global ban on psychedelics was fueled by Cold War politics and media sensationalism, not medical science. This historical analysis suggests international drug ...

Trump’s vote share grew by more than three percentage points in counties where Texas sent buses with newly-arrived immigrants, according to research from USC and University of North Texas.

Chinese official calls for prioritizing Neptune orbiter mission A senior Chinese space scientist and delegate to the country’s national congress is proposing the prioritization of an unprecedented ...

The influential theorist explored a wide range of topics, including democracy, fascism, secularism, and climate ...

Last year, President Donald Trump promoted unproven ties between Tylenol and autism and touted an old generic drug as a treatment for the developmental condition ...

Apple News’ editorial team has been deliberately excluding conservative media outlets from the popular app’s handpicked “top stories,” according to a bombshell new study. AllSides, a nonpartisan group ...

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 ...

Americans have increasingly argued about when—and why—the U.S. has become sopolitically divided. Was polarization a slow burn stretching back decades, or a sudden rupture tied to more recent events? A ...

If you’ve lived in the United States over the past decade, you likely carry a low-level static buzz of anxiety that the country is tearing itself apart. And boy does it seem to get worse and worse. We ...