In a recent study published in PLoS Biology, researchers investigated whether individuals with extreme attitudes, negative or positive, show a greater likelihood of believing that they understand ...

On the heels of a global pandemic, Americans have lost an estimated 5.5 million years of life—an average of 14 life years lost per death in 2020. Recently, the U.S. hit 600,000 deaths and 33 million ...

Historically, the scientific community has relied on educating the public in order to increase agreement with scientific consensus. New research from Portland State University suggests why this ...

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Key points In a large, nationally representative U.S. sample, political conservatism was the most robust and stable predictor of anti-scientific attitudes. Conservative respondents were more likely to ...

Historically, the scientific community has relied on educating the public in order to increase agreement with scientific consensus. New research suggests why this approach has seen only mixed results.