Politics

Trying to persuade people with different political views can be fatiguing and frustrating, but it’s not as pointless as we might think. New research shows that even on divisive issues, far more persuasion attempts succeeded […]

When the New Scientist revealed that it had obtained a UK government minister’s ChatGPT prompts through a freedom of information (FOI) request, many in journalism and politics did a double take. Science and technology minister […]

Protestors charged with non-violent offenses should be able to explain their motives in court as part of their legal defense, new research says.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Why do people living in democratic countries vote for political candidates who openly violate democratic standards? A new study by a University of Notre Dame researcher has found that diverse understandings of democracy among voters […]

Internal displacement in Syria was used by the Assad regime to reshape the country’s political and social landscape, a new study shows.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Freezes on funding committed to research and international aid. Mass firings of federal employees. Ending birthright citizenship. Threatened deportations of legal immigrants.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Three in 10 Generation Z (Gen-Z) Australians who did not register for the 2022 federal election said they either did not know they had to register to vote or did not know how to.This article […]

Governments, international bodies and researchers rely on global population data for resource allocation and infrastructure planning to disease epidemiology and disaster risk management. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Aalto University in […]

From a very young age, we’re socialized to view the world as being made up of “goodies” and “baddies.” When you’re a child fooling around with your friends in the playground, nobody ever wants to […]