Q&A: Are liberals truly more depressed than conservatives?
Do self-identified liberals suffer from higher levels of depression than their conservative counterparts? Research suggests so, which has a small circle of commentators and academics humming with theories to explain the gap......»»
Kanye West is no longer acquiring Parler, company says
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West will no longer be acquiring Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by conservatives including some far-right extremists, the company announced on Thursday. West has legally changed his name to Ye.....»»
Mussel survey reveals alarming degradation of River Thames ecosystem since the 1960s
University of Cambridge scientists replicated a 1964 River Thames survey and found that mussel numbers have declined by almost 95%, with one species—the depressed river mussel—completely gone......»»
70 years of data suggest the Conservatives will suffer a big defeat at the next UK election
With the UK's new prime minister in office, it looks like the political turmoil of the last few months is likely to ease, at least for the time being. Rishi Sunak and his fellow MPs must put their political differences aside to focus on stabilizing t.....»»
Project debunks the idea that conservatives think the world is more dangerous than liberals
For anyone paying attention in the lead-up to the United States midterm elections, it should come as no surprise that people who consider themselves politically conservative see the world differently than those who consider themselves politically lib.....»»
Kanye West"s biggest challenge with owning Parler may come from Elon Musk
One week ago, Kanye West was temporarily suspended from Twitter for posting antisemitic tweets. Now, the rapper has agreed to acquire Parler, an alternative social platform popular with conservatives, to prevent ever having "to fear being removed fro.....»»
Kanye West, Elon Musk and the uncertain promise of a new internet for conservatives
One week ago, Kanye West was temporarily suspended from Twitter for posting antisemitic tweets. Now, the rapper has agreed to acquire Parler, an alternative social platform popular with conservatives, to prevent ever having "to fear being removed fro.....»»
The Right Stuff: The new conservative dating app which has, unsurprisingly, failed to attract women
The Right Stuff is a new conservative dating app, recently launched in the US. Not yet available in Australia, the app was apparently created "for conservatives to connect in authentic and meaningful ways.".....»»
Kanye West to acquire conservative social media platform Parler
Kanye West is acquiring Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by many conservatives......»»
The growing awareness and prominence of environmental sustainability
I know that there is a great deal of ideological intensity in our culture today: our attention is constantly drawn to distinctions between red states and blue states and between conservatives and liberals. While conservatives often oppose government.....»»
Why Electric Vehicles Won"t Break the Grid
Though conservatives have attacked California officials for asking electric vehicle owners to unplug during a heat wave, experts say more electric cars won’t topple the power grid.....»»
Zooming across the political divide
Social psychologists at UCLA have done what seems impossible, at least on the internet: getting liberals and conservatives to have meaningful and congenial political discussions......»»
How carbon emissions got caught up in a Supreme Court showdown
Conservatives want to limit the ability of agencies to set new regulations. Enlarge / A man walks up the steps of the US Supreme Court. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Thursday's Supreme Court decision regarding the use of.....»»
Tesla fans implore Elon Musk to halt political attacks, Twitter deal
The calls come as Tesla's stock price plummets with the rest of the market and the controversial CEO steps up his criticism of Democrats, liberals and Twitter executives......»»
What Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Means for Trump’s TRUTH Social
Musk’s deal has left a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the fate of Trump's TRUTH Social platform Conservatives on Twitter are celebrating a potential turning of the tide in the wake of Elon Musk’s deal to buy the social media pl.....»»
Psilocybin rewires the brain for people with depression, study finds
Psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus, according to a new study......»»
Psilocybin Frees Up Depressed Brain, Study Shows
Psilocybin, a drug found in magic mushrooms, appears to free up the brains of people with severe depression in a way that other antidepressants do not, a study has found. The BBC reports: The results, based on brain scans of 60 people, mean the drug.....»»
Georgia Senate Passes Bill Seeking To Regulate Social Media
The Georgia state Senate voted 33-21 on Tuesday to pass a bill that seeks to prohibit social media platforms from removing or censoring content amid an outcry from conservatives that their political views are being discriminated against, even though.....»»
Study: Conservative customers are more satisfied than liberal ones
Across industries, conservatives are more satisfied than liberals with the products and services they consume, according to a study of more than 326,000 U.S. consumers by an international research team from Rice University, the Catholic University of.....»»
Why is it wrong to sell your body? Understanding liberals" vs conservatives" moral objections to bodily markets
Researchers from Virginia Tech and Cornell University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines why people object to bodily markets and how those objections differ for liberals and conservatives......»»
Does sunshine affect the decision making of top corporate executives?
Would you feel depressed if it has rained for several days? Sunshine affects our mood. The medical sector generally believes that seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is related to shorter sunshine duration in autumn and winter, as sunlight affects the.....»»