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Administrations change, but tendency to believe threats does not

By Guest PostApril 26, 2019Politicsfalse information, how disinformation spreads, negatively biased credulity, political view, power structure theory, theo samore

UCLA research confirms that people’s political views predict whether they trust false information about dangers, even after party shift in White House (more…)

New, tighter timeline confirms ancient volcanism aligned with dinosaurs’ extinction

By Guest PostFebruary 8, 2015Scienceacute radiation syndrome, ancient continents, chicxulub meteorite, chronological order, cretaceous, dinosaurs extinction, earlier supercontinent cycles, fashion industry, how disinformation spreads, insulator, Mexico, negatively biased credulity, non avian dinosaurs, paleogene, personal radiation detector, political view, power structure theory, princeton university, supercontinents before pangea, theo samore, time capsule, tommy hilfiger, ugo arbieu, western india, wolf in deutschland, wolfsregion goerlitz

A definitive geological timeline shows that a series of massive volcanic explosions 66 million years ago spewed enormous amounts of climate-altering gases into the atmosphere immediately before and during the extinction event that claimed Earth’s non-avian dinosaurs, according to new research from Princeton University. (more…)