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Chris Mooney

Are Social Conservatives Just Being Squeamish?

Rob Brooks | Posted 02.03.2013 | Science
Read More: Homosexuality, Religion, Evolutionary Psychology, Obamacare, Conservatives, Chris Mooney, Evolution, Heart Disease, Immune System, Barack Obama, Science News
Rob Brooks

The tendencies to adhere to tradition and submit to authority are all part of the socially conservative repertoire. As is a strong tendency to act unwelcomingly toward out-group members. Exactly the kinds of behaviours that would minimize the risks of infection during an epidemic.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Liberal, Conservative: Are You Born That Way?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 07.04.2012 | Science
Read More: Politics, Democrat, Video, Neuroscience, Progressive, Personality, Brain, Talk Nerdy to Me, Republican, Chris Mooney, Science, Conservative, Liberal, Cara Santa Maria, Science News, The Republican Brain, Ideology, Science News

2012-05-07-Screenshot20120507at1.18.50PM.jpgDo we have traits that can be used to reliably predict whether someone is liberal or conservative in nature?

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Asteroid Mining, The Republican Brain, Science Education On 'The Point'

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.05.2012 | Science
Read More: Video, Linda Darling-Hammond, Max, Talk Nerdy to Me, Lugavere, Chris Mooney, The Young Turks, Tim Lee, Science, Cara Santa Maria, Phil Plait, Asteroid Mining, The Republican Brain, The Point, KC Cole, Science News

I was recently invited to guest host "The Point," presented by "The Young Turks'" YouTube channel, TownSquare. As the Science Correspondent (and resid...

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How to Talk to Republicans

Jason Stanford | Posted 06.28.2012 | Politics
Read More: Chris Mooney, Jason Stanford, The Republican Brain, Politics News
Jason Stanford

Does it ever seem that Republicans are wrong about everything these days? The list of demonstrable malarkey that Republicans hold to be unalienable t...

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Mind Games

D. R. Tucker | Posted 05.27.2012 | Politics
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D. R. Tucker

Facts destroyed 'motivated reasoning' in my case. Could this happen to other conservatives? That depends on conservatives being willing to subject the views they hear and read to strict scrutiny, to ask themselves if they're really hearing the truth from the talkers.

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Kansas Defeats Richmond

AP | By PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Elite Eight, Ncaa, Sweet Sixteen, Basketball, NCAA Tournament 2011, Alamodome, Richmond Spiders, College Basketball, March Madness, Marcus Morris, Kansas Jayhawks, Kevin-Anderson, Justin Harper, Thomas Robinson, Chris Mooney, Brady-Morningstar, Bill Self, Final Four, Sports News

SAN ANTONIO -- In an NCAA regional full of underdogs, Kansas played like the dominant No. 1 seed it is. Brady Morningstar scored 18 points and the Ja...

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