No one likes smug know-it-all friends, relatives or co-workers who believe their knowledge and beliefs are superior to others. But now these discussions at the dinner table, bar or office might be ...

What is the relationship between scientific knowledge and belief in evolution? I have recently been reviewing data that explores this issue and am sharing what I found. There clearly are some ...

Experts should take note of local knowledge and beliefs when helping people in vulnerable regions cope with the impacts of climate change to ensure that such interventions are money well spent, and ...

Scholars have long debated the role knowledge about and understanding of science plays in shaping people’s views on science issues. The common supposition is that when ordinary people have different ...

A critical mass of people is sceptical that anthropogenic climate change is real, something that has long been identified as an obstacle to mitigation efforts 1,2,3,4. It is not surprising, then, that ...

Nearly a third of Americans believe the 2020 presidential election was corrupted by widespread fraud. About that same percentage believe the media is the enemy of the people. Unfortunately, among this ...

She would have to leave her intellect behind, my friend assumed, if she followed up on a profound experience of God that had led her to Mass. Eventually she decided to enroll in the catechumenate in ...

One of my fondest memories as a kid, and I remember it like it was yesterday, is lying next to my brother in the back of my dad’s Rambler station wagon. Seats down, cozily tucked into our plaid cloth ...