For a long time, people have been asking whether certain demographic traits are associated with higher risks of believing in conspiracy theories. For example, there is plenty of literature trying to ...

New research is significantly revising a widely cited evolutionary model, the Inhibitory Cascade Mode (ICM). Benjamin Auerbach, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the ...

A new perspective highlights why plant traits should be built into photosynthetic efficiency models to improve estimates of global vegetation ...

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Fifty years ago, Richard Dawkins shared an irresistible scientific metaphor with the world that modernised and democratised ...

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Just exert a little self-control, you tell yourself. But it’s so hard! People frequently think of self-control as something ...

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Recent public appearances of Melania Trump have reignited conspiracy theories suggesting she is a body double and “fake ...

They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes.Yet the humble ...