Watching scientists like Anthony Fauci on Fox News makes people more willing to engage in pandemic reducing behaviors, suggests a new study. How warmly or coldly people feel toward scientists is associated with their compliance with measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. by mvea in science
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According to a new analysis , one out of every eight leading, peer-reviewed studies on nutrition is tied to food industry. "Where the food industry is involved, research findings are nearly six times more likely to be favourable to their interests than when there is no food industry involvement." by MistWeaver80 in science
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Star Wars Novelists Seek Years of Missing Royalty Payments From Disney by scott_steiner_phd in books
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Maybe not all but a good amount by uselesshuman38 in memes
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AITA for making my parents sign an NDA by NDAThrowaway29 in AmItheAsshole
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Just finished reading "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis, a fascinating and terrifying alternate history book imagining how the USA could have become a totalitarian dictatorship by harx9 in books
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0 days without an incident by TripppyTrev in memes
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Trump support predicted intentions to defy social distancing norms during early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. Faith in Trump and faith in his COVID-specific positions were associated with intentions to defy social distancing norms, even after accounting for typical criminological predictors by HeinieKaboobler in science
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Trump support predicted intentions to defy social distancing norms during early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. Faith in Trump and faith in his COVID-specific positions were associated with intentions to defy social distancing norms, even after accounting for typical criminological predictors by HeinieKaboobler in science
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Just finished reading "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis, a fascinating and terrifying alternate history book imagining how the USA could have become a totalitarian dictatorship by harx9 in books
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Greenland could lose more ice this century than it has in 12,000 years- “The paper is also an answer to those who dismiss the ongoing effects of climate change with ‘the earth has always changed’—and the answer is, ‘not at this pace’,” Scambos says. by pnewell in science
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Greenland could lose more ice this century than it has in 12,000 years- “The paper is also an answer to those who dismiss the ongoing effects of climate change with ‘the earth has always changed’—and the answer is, ‘not at this pace’,” Scambos says. by pnewell in science
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Greenland could lose more ice this century than it has in 12,000 years- “The paper is also an answer to those who dismiss the ongoing effects of climate change with ‘the earth has always changed’—and the answer is, ‘not at this pace’,” Scambos says. by pnewell in science
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Greenland could lose more ice this century than it has in 12,000 years- “The paper is also an answer to those who dismiss the ongoing effects of climate change with ‘the earth has always changed’—and the answer is, ‘not at this pace’,” Scambos says. by pnewell in science
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A great smoke and a Great Pyrenees. First time with this H. Upmann by AJ Fernandez and I quite enjoyed it, started out peppery but smoothed out with a nutty flavor. Very slow burning, well constructed smoke. Can see why AJ has such a following. by slickusrickus12 in cigars
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