Although most US adults view scientists as reliable sources of cancer information, trust varies sharply across the political spectrum, a new analysis of the 2024 Health Information National Trends ...
The word "ideology" has become a fixture in American political rhetoric, invoked by leaders to cast opponents' beliefs as ...
Today are the midterm elections, when Congress and other elected officials around the country are judged based on their past performance, at best, and their campaign strategies, at worst. It’s ...
Tufts’ current and former political science professors Jeffrey M. Berry, James M. Glaser and Deborah J. Schildkraut published ...
In the four years of his term, former President Donald Trump, as well as his administration, frequently attempted to restrict scientific research, undermine scientific discussion and interfere with ...
(RNS) — Around the world, we are “witnessing an alarming rise in attempts to discredit, politicize or suppress scientific knowledge,” the Vatican says in a new (June 16) Pontifical Academy of Sciences ...
Foundation Professor of Sociology and social psychologist Markus Kemmelmeier, along with his former Ph.D. student Jesse Acosta, completed research on the evolution of closed-mindedness in the United ...
A disbelief in human evolution was associated with higher levels of prejudice, racist attitudes and support of discriminatory behavior against Blacks, immigrants and the LGBTQ community in the U.S., ...
Using MRI scans of almost 1,000 Dutch people, researchers show that there is indeed a connection between brain structure and ideology. However, the connection is smaller than expected. Nevertheless, ...