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“#Faith and politics mix to drive evangelical Christians’ climate change denial” Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain U.S. Christians, especially evangelical Christians, identify as environmentalists at very low rates compared to the general population. According to a Pew Research Center poll from May 2020, while 62% of religiously unaffiliated U.S. adults agree that the Earth is warming…
“#Body cameras may have little effect on police and citizen behaviors: study” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A recent analysis published in Campbell Systematic Reviews indicates that body cameras worn by police do not have clear or consistent effects on officers’ use of force, arrests, or other activities. Nor do they have significant effects on citizens’…
“#Climate change, infectious disease seen as major threats: survey” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Climate change and the spread of infectious disease are seen as the top threats by the majority of people in 14 economically advanced nations surveyed by the Pew Research Center. In similar surveys conducted by the Washington-based center in 2013, 2016, 2017…
“#New paper reveals how lessons learned during COVID-19 could prepare us for nuclear attack” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The current COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to serving as a reminder of the very personal nature of global catastrophic risk, could also shine a light on the ongoing nuclear challenge that global society faces, a team of…
“#How behavioural science can help us understand human behaviour during a pandemic” Looking for dried pasta, cooking oil or spices? You’re not alone. Credit: Christopher Corneschi/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA When the day comes that the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, one of things that will remain with us is witnessing our fellow humans’ irrational and sometimes extreme behavior—and…
“#Study shows contact with criminal justice system affects well-being—with consequences at the polls” Credit: Pixabay When police in Aurora, Colorado, handcuffed children and made them lie face down on the pavement after stopping an African-American family they mistakenly identified, they not only made headlines, they prompted city officials to apologize for the officers’ behavior and…
“#Racism amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A path forward” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Because SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was first discovered in China, Chinese American families in the United States have reported an increase in racist experiences during the ongoing pandemic. Tina Cheng, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins…
“#Benefits likely outweigh costs for national monuments in the American West” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Do the societal benefits of national monuments on US public lands outweigh the opportunity cost of forgone development and resource extraction? The answer is “yes,” according to a new study by Resources for the Future researcher Margaret Walls. Walls’s new…
“#Study highlights ties between racism and activism in black youth” Black Lives Matter march in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2020. Credit: Clay Banks A new study from North Carolina State University and the University of Virginia finds that experiences with racism are associated with increased social consciousness and social justice activism in Black youth….
“#’Wild West’ mentality lingers in modern populations of US mountain regions” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When historian Frederick Jackson Turner presented his famous thesis on the US frontier in 1893, he described the “coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and acquisitiveness” it had forged in the American character. Now, well into the 21st century, researchers…