Science & Society
- Today's Teens Are Not As Bad As We're Led To Believe
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What do you presume about me? auremar /Shutterstock By James Williams, University of Sussex ...
Article - The Conversation - Dec 2 2014 - 9:30am
- When It Comes To Neonics, Activists Understand PR Better Than Chemical Companies Do
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Imagine a scenario where a group of people get together to frame the debate about science and even set out to conspiratorially place papers in highly-respected journals, selecting the ideal names to have on the paper and which publications would be most li ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 8 2014 - 4:14pm
- Cognitive Bias: Why Neurotic People Make This Real Estate Choice More
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A paper in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics finds that personality traits are strong indicators of real-estate decisions. Are you neurotic? You probably have a cognitive bias toward home ownership instead of renting. You'll probab ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2014 - 3:00pm
- Climate Change Experts And Activists Might Be In Denial Too
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But what do you want unconsciously? Julien Behal / PA By Steffen Böhm, University of Essex and Aanka Batta, University of Essex ...
Article - The Conversation - Dec 4 2014 - 4:02pm
- Top Organic Marketing Trustees Resign Because A Member Ridicules Homeopathy
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Psychics, homeopaths, magic soap buyers, anti-vaccine and anti-energy people, they all share one thing in common- no, no, not the same political party (good guess, though!), they embrace organic food. And if you don't also embrace their giant swath of ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 5 2014 - 3:20pm
- Is 2014 The End Of Framing? Only 15 Percent Of Americans Believe In Creationism
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A decade ago, gas was cheap, the American economy was booming and so was partisan rhetoric about a disconnect on science related to politics. One side was good, one was bad. President George W. Bush, who had boosted NASA funding after declines in the Clint ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 23 2019 - 11:40am
- Government Employees Have A "Higher Intrinsic Need To Serve The Public"
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Government and non-profit employees have higher public service motivations than corporate managers, according to surveys of government and non-profit employees in Georgia. They don't simply do the minimum when it comes to eco-friendly initiatives, th ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 8 2014 - 5:01pm
- The Politics And Economics Of Net Neutrality
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Do you have a right to high-speed Internet or can Internet Service Providers (ISPs) create different tiers for different customers? In Florida and in Pennsylvania, there are toll roads. People pay the fee and get to a destination along the toll road quick ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 10 2014 - 11:14am
- Family-Friendly Workplace Policies Make People Happy, But Don't Affect Turnover Rates
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It's no secret that a happy worker is a productive worker and a new analysis by scholars at The University of Texas at Dallas finds that family-friendly policies are beneficial for increasing productivity of employees. Yet the benefit for employers i ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 10 2014 - 1:18pm
- Liberal And Conservative Genetic Woo: How Behavioral Genetics Reporting Can Mislead The Public
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A study of 1,500 Americans found that media reports about behavioral genetics create unfounded beliefs about what genes can and cannot do, which defeats the purpose of scientific reporting, according to a new analysis. American adults lead the world in sci ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 13 2014 - 9:30am
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