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Stories about: politicians

How Science, Politics, the Media and Laypeople Interact This editorial has been a long time coming. It's been so long since I wanted to do a piece on the relationships and interactions that determine our perception of what's really going on around us, especially in science. For this purpose, I will be looking at four actors and four different types of truth, whi... 28 April 2012 09:01 GMT Politicians Trump Scientists When It Comes To Climate Change People in the United States appear to prefer to trust in the people who're constantly lying to them – politicians – than in those who’ve been ensuring that our race evolves for centuries; yes, I'm talking about scientists. The topic: global warming and climate change. Republicans in the ... 28 February 2012 10:08 GMT How Politicians Use Fear to Manipulate People According to a new scientific study, which has appeared in the latest issue of the American Journal of Political Science, politicians are very likely to try to use fear so as to make people agree with decisions they would otherwise regret. This behavior is very obvious in pols around the world, but especially, some s... 5 March 2009 05:48 GMT