The afterlife of a ghost-written paper: How corporate authorship shaped two decades of glyphosate safety discourse 📄👻💼🌱

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Simplified science communication via videos tempt people to overestimate their ability 📹🔬🤔

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Despite enormous efforts to dampen anti-vaccination influence, the online vaccine misinformation network remains structurally persistent. 💉🦠🌐

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Pig Hearts and Frog Skin: Mary Roach Tackles the Quest to Rebuild the Body 🐖❤️🐸🔬💪

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Molecular snapshots reveal how the body knows it’s too hot: 🔥 « New study maps a core temperature sensor, exposing how it turns off and on. » 🧬

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A New Study of US Adults Found That Overall Trust in Scientists Was High (86%) but Significantly Lower Among Individuals with More Conservative Political Views 📊🔬. Estimated Probabilities of High Trust Ranged from 93.7% Among Liberal Respondents to 70.5% Among Very Conservative Respondents.

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Public trust in vaccines has sharply declined after COVID-19 due to poor science communication, risking lower vaccination rates and weakening preparedness for future pandemics 💉📉🤔🌍

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New research reveals trust in climate information is driven less by a source's expertise than by their political and moral alignment. Skeptics often reject scientific consensus not because they doubt the scientists' competence, but because they view them as an 'outgroup' with opposing values. 🌍🤔📊

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Scientists created an exam so broad, challenging and deeply rooted in expert human knowledge that current AI systems consistently fail it. “Humanity’s Last Exam” introduces 2,500 questions spanning mathematics, humanities, natural sciences, ancient languages and highly specialized subfields.

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Politics just makes us Dumber.Politics doesn't just divide people it actually messes with how we think. When strong beliefs kick in, logic takes a backseat and emotions start driving decisions. Instead of analyzing facts, we defend our side, ignore opposing evidence, and become more biased.

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Our Monumental Challenge: Eliminating the Fear of Low-Level Radiation

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People systematically underestimate how often things go wrong in the world—a bias researchers call the “failure gap.”

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Research found individuals who identify as politically conservative were more likely to express skepticism about clinical trials than those with moderate or liberal ideologies. This pattern is consistent with broader polarization in trust toward scientific institutions and government health agencies

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A new study shows that scientists are more trustworthy than politicians in messages on climate change, but politicians gain credibility from citing scientific evidence.

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🔬 Politicians citing scientific evidence are perceived as more credible, a new study from the University of Vienna by Daniel Wiesner and colleagues found.

👩‍🔬 Scientists are generally more trusted than politicians, and their messages are viewed as more credible, regardless of the recommended action.

💡 Messages referencing scientific evidence are rated as more credible and their communicators more trustworthy than those relying on "common sense" appeals.

⚖️ While citing science boosts credibility, the study warns that this persuasive power could be exploited to legitimize selective or distorted claims, highlighting the importance of scientists engaging in political topics.

#ScienceCommunication #PublicTrust #EvidenceBasedPolicy

🌍 Study reveals elected representatives are significantly more polarized on climate change than the general public.

📊 The gap in views between left- and right-wing politicians on human-caused climate change is nearly three times wider than that between voters of opposing political leanings.

🗣️ This widening ideological divide, particularly at the political fringes, can create a "gap in representation," making it harder to implement climate policy as politicians' views may not align with their constituents.

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A study shows fewer people sincerely believe wild conspiracy theories than surveys suggest, as many who endorse bizarre or contradictory claims answer insincerely

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The strongest conspiracy believers had a 91% probability of simultaneously endorsing two claims that cannot both be true, vs 3% for the weakest (8 studies, n=8,590). A follow-up using entirely made-up news stories found the same pattern, ruling out prior exposure to real conspiracy theories.

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Wikipedia’s relationship with researchers is a recursive one, since disciplinary choices have changed the cultural meaning and the sociotechnical function of this encyclopedic community

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Community Norms, Participation, and Technology in r/science on Reddit

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