Pluralistic Ignorance

Like labels on cigarettes, opponents say fossil fuel warnings could change attitudes. Others call it gasoline "shaming."

Most Republican voters support childhood vaccine mandates, yet may be discouraged from publicly expressing these views, a new study suggests.

"Knowledge of the message is not enough… …for the message to be successful, each person must not only know about it, each person must know that each other person knows about it. In fact…

'That the administration had proven it can bring down food prices is a lie'

The common forum that Elon Musk destroyed will never be replaced—and that's okay.

"The seeing, spiritual being, whose manifestation we commonly call conscience, always points with one end towards right and with the other towards wrong, and we do not notice it while we foll…

Trump's support among his followers and other Republican voters endures despite, if not because of, his criminality

A survey of nearly 900 politicians in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Canada reveals that they systematically overestimate their electorate's conservatism on a range of issues.

In Germany, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won a district council election for the first time on Monday. Robert Sesselmann's victory as district administrator—the equivalent of a mayor—in the Eastern town of Sonneberg comes only a day after Greece's conservatives clinched an outright majority in the country's parliamentary polls, topping left-wing parties Syriza and Pasok. Meanwhile, the Spanish…

How we give up the fundamental right to free speech—in 32 cartoons by the brilliant Tim Urban.

Like labels on cigarettes, these stickers would warn of the dangers of fossil fuels on the environment.

We live in an era of woke insanity when normal ideas are rejected for new, ridiculous ones. Both Joseph and Moses had similar problems. There is an unexpected place for a solution.

My husband and I spent a late August day several years ago settling in our oldest child, Andrew, for the start of his first year at college. We went to Walmart to buy a mini fridge and rug. We hung posters above his bed. We attended the obligatory goodbye family lunch before heading to our car to return to a slightly quieter house.

"False social reality" obscures widespread U.S. support for climate protection measures

A new study finds that Americans underestimate how many are concerned about climate change as well as support for major climate policies by nearly half, with climate policy supporters significantly outnumbering non-supporters.