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Written by: The Conversation
March 10, 2021
Disproving fake news is time-consuming. But ignoring it corrodes trust.
Written by: The Conversation
March 8, 2021
The “confessional” is often used in celebrity cultures to manufacture intimacies with audiences.
Written by: ProPublica
March 8, 2021
Chats from a private Telegram group obtained by ProPublica show how a suspect tied to the Jan. 6 ...
Written by: The Conversation
March 7, 2021
An emerging trend of some states is bucking national and international public health recommendat ...
Written by: The Conversation
March 5, 2021
It’s hard to know how many people actually believe the key tenets of QAnon’s claims, including t ...
Written by: The Conversation
March 5, 2021
A bone said to have belonged to Saint James has been radiocarbon-dated – and sadly de-authenticated.
Written by: The Conversation
March 3, 2021
Finding that cuttlefish are capable of some of the facets that are thought to be fundamental to ...
Written by: ProPublica
March 2, 2021
Tech giants like Facebook handle censorship requests made by governments that routinely limit wh ...
Written by: The Conversation
March 2, 2021
Apocalyptic movements rarely simply dissolve when prophecies are seen to fail.
Written by: The Conversation
Feb. 26, 2021
A Supreme Court decision may provide some clarity on the issue.
Written by: The Conversation
Feb. 26, 2021
The attention the app is getting is part of a wider reinvention and reinvigoration of the audio ...
Written by: The Conversation
Feb. 26, 2021
Of the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste we produce each year, it’s estimated that a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 26, 2021
If its services help deliver misinformation to your home, what responsibility does Comcast have ...
Written by: The Conversation
Feb. 25, 2021
Many adolescents have been home schooled and isolated from their peer groups for much of the COV ...
Written by: The Conversation
Feb. 25, 2021
Important to most fascists is the idea that the nation’s “patriots” have been let down, that “go ...
Written by: The Conversation
Feb. 22, 2021
The practice of fasting from food for spiritual reasons is found in the three largest Abrahamic ...
Written by: The Conversation
Feb. 22, 2021
‘If there is a God who created the entire universe and ALL of its laws of physics, does God foll ...
Written by: The Conversation
Feb. 22, 2021
Heavy metals including lead, arsenic and mercury can be found in commercial baby foods at levels ...
Written by: The Conversation
Feb. 22, 2021
Research shows three key ways social media self-regulation can work.
Written by: The Conversation
Feb. 19, 2021
Cat cognition research suggests cats do form emotional bonds with their humans.
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