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Predictors and prevalence of support for white nationalism in the United States – Nature 0
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- September 17, 2026
Study 1 (survey fielded in 2021; YouGov CES) We fielded this extensive survey to N = 3,227 non-Hispanic white people in November 2021 as part of the CES—a widely used source of data in peer-reviewed political science research on US public opinion. The CES’s in-depth Common Content questionnaire and respondent geocodes permit documentation of the demographic and
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People trust scientists seen to be ‘on their side’, UK study find 0
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- September 12, 2026
Protesters call for the public to put stock in scientists at a UK climate march. Credit: Michael Kemp/Alamy At a time when misinformation is rife and many seem to be questioning scientific evidence, do people really trust scientists? In the United Kingdom, the answer is mostly yes, finds a study led by the Policy Institute
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Robust inference and correlates from genetic associations with personality – Nature 0
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- September 8, 2026
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA Ted Schwaba, Lindsay S. Ackerman & Josephine C. M. Fealy Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States Margaret L. Clapp Sullivan Department of Biological Psychology, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Wonuola A. Akingbuwa, Eco J. C. de
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Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception 0
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- August 24, 2026
Intertwined Creatures: The Embodied Cognitive Science of Self and Other Anthony Chemero Columbia Univ. Press (2026) Consciousness research is having an AI moment. Will the hype help the field? What does it mean for a machine to be intelligent, sentient or conscious? Can the idea of legal rights for machines ever be meaningfully justified? Those
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Psychedelics align brain activity with context – Nature 0
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- August 22, 2026
The profound effects of psychedelics reshape subjective responses to internal and external sensations and are frequently reported as among the most meaningful experiences in life7. These states can manifest sustained therapeutic benefits, including reductions in depression, anxiety and addiction, alongside an increase in social connectedness and overall well-being3,4,9,10,11,12,13,14. The brain constructs perception and selfhood by
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Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds 0
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- August 14, 2026
Growing undocumented populations were linked to falling property crime and assaults — but more robberies.Credit: John Moore/Getty Neighbourhoods across the United States that experienced a growth in their undocumented population also saw property-related and violent crime fall, not rise, according to an analysis of 11,500 neighbourhoods in more than 100 cities. In a paper published
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