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Hey America, you can finally choose to elect people who rely on facts

31 August 2018

As the battle for power in the US Congress heats up it offers the best chance yet to address the lack of politicians with science backgrounds, says Shaughnessy Naughton


Children seized at US border will face lasting health effects

Children seized at US border will face lasting health effects

20 June 2018

The psychological and physical effects of serious trauma are likely to impact the children being separated from their families at the US border for years


Donald Trump talking to North Korean politician Kim Yong-chol

Trump v Kim: The mind games that led to the Korea summit

8 June 2018

The road to the Singapore summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un has been marked by nuclear bluffs. Let's hope the talks are for real, says Christopher Boehm


Shipping containers on Chinese ship

What can game theory tell us about Trump's threats of trade war?

5 June 2018

Theories of conflict and cooperation say the US risks self-harm if it sparks a big trade war. So what is Trump's real aim, wonders Petros Sekeris


Trump

Trump’s Iran U-turn could restart the global nuclear arms race

16 May 2018

The US has demonstrated that it cannot be trusted to stick to its word on arms control deals. The result may be a return to the dark days of growing nuclear arsenals


Gun protestors in US

US Congress spending bill includes more money for research

27 March 2018

US Congress has passed its 2018 spending bill, which included the largest research budget increases in nearly a decade. It also clarifies gun violence research


Shark's open mouth

Shark-free world? That's a wish that would come back to bite us

2 February 2018

Sharks may be hard to love for many people, including the US president, but these animals are essential to the health of our oceans, says Lesley Evans Ogden


We must stand up to bad politics, not hide in an ivory tower

We must stand up to bad politics, not hide in an ivory tower

31 January 2018

Science journalism is about more than pure science. When powerful people of any political leaning go against the evidence, New Scientist cannot turn a blind eye


reddit stuffed animals

Politics chat on Reddit reads like it was written by 6-year-olds

28 November 2017

You’re not imagining it: after 2016, the sophistication and civility of political discourse on sites like Reddit dropped from secondary school reading levels to barely literate


Donald Trump

Maths can make sense of Trump’s ‘madman’ North Korea strategy

6 November 2017

Outlandish threats in the standoff between North Korea and Donald Trump are bluffs whose main aim is to bolster support at home, says game theorist Petros Sekeris


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