Do Twitter users want Musk to censure or ban offensive or threatening posts?
That depends on which group the tweets are attacking, our research suggests
China is reporting big successes in the coronavirus fight. Should we trust the numbers?
Here’s why you should be skeptical.
Why China’s May Fourth celebrations also bring new concerns for Beijing.
100 years ago, students protesters filled Tiananmen Square.
Tens of thousands of people protested in April and May — on topics like gun violence, labor rights and science
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The little-known benefit of DACA: It reduced mental illness in dreamers’ children
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New data shows a sharp increase in U.S. protest activity in April
[caption id="attachment_58645" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Thousands gather on the Mall in
Here’s one way to help women in science: Support international collaborations
[caption id="attachment_57163" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (iStock)[/caption] Today, during the March for
Will the March for Science backfire by politicizing science? It depends on this.
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What are the Socialist Party’s chances of winning in France? Very low.
[caption id="attachment_53628" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Former French education minister Benoît Hamon
It’s been 25 years since Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war. Here’s what we know about helping communities recover.
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How do you reduce prejudice toward transgender people? This new study explains.
Last year, there was a big scandal in political science
Yes, you can trust international surveys. Mostly.
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Does social science have a replication crisis?
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Political scientists are debating a new initiative to make research more trustworthy. Here’s why I’m skeptical.
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We can end poverty, but at what cost?
The past year has produced evidence on some of the
Ireland's voters approve same-sex marriage. Here's how that happened.
The official results make it clear that Ireland has voted
Ireland’s voters approve same-sex marriage. Here’s how that happened.
The official results make it clear that Ireland has voted
Fake study on changing attitudes: Sometimes a claim that is too good to be true, isn’t
A few months ago we reported on a recently published
Fake study on changing attitudes: Sometimes a claim that is too good to be true, isn't
A few months ago we reported on a recently published
Your genes influence your political views. So what?
A small but active cottage industry has sprung up to
The gender gap from the gatekeeper's perspective
Today is Editor's day in the Monkey Cage gender gap symposium (see here, here, here, here,
Post-publication peer review: How it (sometimes) really works
In an ideal world, research articles would be open to
Frank Lautenberg and the National Science Foundation
This is a guest post by Jeanne Zaino, who is
“If politics determines what is palatable, we could be picked off one at a time.”
A letter by political scientist Rick Wilson, published in Science
So is Partisanship Really in our DNA?
The following is a guest post from New York University
The Flake Amendment and the Politics of “Limitation Riders”
This is a guest post by Jason MacDonald. For more
Cognitive Democracy
Over the last couple of years, Cosma Shalizi and I
Update: Flake Amendment to reduce NSF funding defeated 121-291
Earlier today, Henry posted on an amendment by Jeff Flake
Silly Science: Aquarium Democracy Edition
Whenever I am tempted to despair of political science, I
A modest proposal
As long as Science magazine continues to run articles of
The Red Queen Goes to War
"Now, here, you see,'' said the Red Queen to Alice
The Obama Effect Abroad
"According to Gallup polls in over a hundred countries":http://www.gallup.com/poll/146771/Worldwide-Approval-Leadership-Tops-Major-Powers.aspx, average
NYT shills for personal DNA tests
Kaiser Fung nails it. The offending article, by John Tierney,
Ungate My Heart
Ezra Klein, responding to Seth Masket: bq. All that said,
Memo to comparativists: time for a study of pet health care spending
Greg Mankiw shows this stunning graph (from Andrew Biggs) in