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Fake News — A group of researchers from Yale University have published a working paper that discusses two studies that demonstrate that some people have a tendency to be far more prone to an acceptance of Fake News than others. It is entitled “Reduced Analytic and Actively Open-Minded Thinking Help to Explain the […]

Fake News: A human bias against working out what is real?

This entry was posted in Fake News psychology religion society and tagged fake news harvard study on May 11, 2018 by Dave

echo chamber — First, just for completeness, here is a quick definition. The term “Echo Chamber” is a reference to the idea that people are increasingly being only exposed to the ideas that they agree with, and don’t hear the arguments of those with whom they do not agree. The net effect is […]

Analysis of 2.7 billion tweets confirms Echo Chambers on Twitter

This entry was posted in society study twitter and tagged echo chamber study twitter on May 2, 2018 by Dave

Extinction — Mammal extinction is not simply something from the dim and distant past. In 1680 Sir Ewen Cameron killed the last Scottish Wolf in Killiecrankie (Perthshire). In 1786, the last wolf was killed in Ireland. So what other mammals once existed in the British Isles and when did they go extinct? Here is a […]

New Study Reveals Ancient Humans Hunted Big Mammals To Extinction

This entry was posted in Natural History science study and tagged environment Extinction humans mammals study on April 27, 2018 by Dave

Young Adults and Religion — A new study that explores Europe’s Young Adults and Religion has been published by academics from St Mary’s University, Twickenham and the Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP) reveals levels of religious affiliation and practice amongst 16-29 year-olds in 22 European countries. You can download it in either English or French from here […]

New Research: 7 in 10 young people in the UK are non-religious

This entry was posted in People religion society and tagged belief St Mary’s University study Young Adults and Religion on March 24, 2018 by Dave

sea level rise — We know that the rate that sea level rise is happening is accelerating, and we also understand exactly why this is happening. The cause is human generated fossil fuel emissions of greenhouse gases. We have precise measurements of what the levels of CO2 have been over the past 800,000 years […]

How high is our committed sea-level Rise?

This entry was posted in Climate Change environment news science and tagged rise sea level study on February 22, 2018 by Dave

alternative medicine — A study was published last year that highlights and underlines the impact of alternative medicine for cancer patients. It is worth reviewing it in order to appreciate that opting for alternative medicine instead of the conventional is a very bad idea. What the study reveals is that if you decide to […]

Cancer patients using alternative medicine face greatly increased risk of death

This entry was posted in Medicine science Skepticism society and tagged alternative medicine cancer study on February 21, 2018 by Dave