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Despite claims they’d move overseas after the election, most Americans are staying put

Based on pronouncements in 2024, you might think now is the time to see U.S. citizens streaming out of the country. Months before the 2024 presidential election, Americans were saying they would leave should candidate […]

Is ‘balance’ just gentrification in disguise? New study challenges housing policy

Cities around the world pursue urban renewal under the banner of resilience and diversity. The idea is simple: if neighborhoods include socially and economically diverse residents, it will lead to stronger social cohesion, greater trust, […]

Americans largely disapprove of attacks on science and medicine, survey finds

Americans disapprove of the Trump administration’s policies targeting science and medicine by a margin of more than 2 to 1, according to a survey by Rutgers and other universities.This article is brought to you by […]

Anti-witchcraft laws fail to prevent thousands of annual accusations and deaths, according to report

Every year thousands of people globally are wrongly accused of witchcraft, often with fatal consequences yet, says new research, legislation designed to stamp out the barbaric practices is rarely used.This article is brought to you […]

Cyberattacks shake voters’ trust in elections, regardless of party

American democracy runs on trust, and that trust is cracking.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Tests to detect marijuana-impaired driving are based on ‘pseudoscience,’ argue researchers

For years now, U.S. police departments have employed officers who are trained to be experts in detecting “drugged driving.” The problem is, however, that the methods those officers use are not based on science, according […]

Study identifies political divides over green transport initiatives and how to bridge them

Green transport initiatives such as bicycle lanes or creating spaces for electric vehicle charging points have become heated political battlegrounds in the United Kingdom, and British people respond to such proposals broadly in line with […]

When politicians gain power, their language becomes garbled

It’s well known that governing parties often lose voters over time—the so-called cost of governing. But a new study from Frederik Hjorth, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, documents a lesser-known […]

Disabling images and videos on WhatsApp cut misinformation exposure during Brazilian election, study finds

Elected officials, political analysts, and nonprofit organizations have for years spotlighted the spread of online election information in Western democracies—largely with a focus on media platforms popular in these nations, such as X and Facebook.This […]

Using TikTok could be making you more politically polarized, new study finds

People on TikTok tend to follow accounts that align with their own political beliefs, meaning the platform is creating political echo chambers among its users. These findings, from a study my collaborators, Yanlin Li and […]