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Welcome to Sunday! Our top stories of the week are displayed below.
A good read you may have missed: With coronavirus cases surging nationwide and President-elect Biden saying he will encourage 100 days of masking after taking office, now is a good time to lean into making masks work better. Cheryl Chambers, the head coach of the Mississippi State University Speech & Debate Team, offers three tips for making yourself understood with your face partially covered.
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These psychological tendencies explain why an onslaught of facts won’t necessarily change anyone’s mind.
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Jay Maddock, Texas A&M University
Cognitive shortcuts help you efficiently move through a complicated world. But they come with an unwelcome side effect: Facts aren't necessarily enough to change your mind.
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The film’s critic score on Rotten Tomatoes was 27, while its audience score was 82.
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Lisa R. Pruitt, University of California, Davis
A stark divide in the response to the film suggests a deep disconnect between media elites and the rest of the country.
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Robert Kozinets, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
An analysis of social media commentary about socialism versus capitalism shows that people are talking past each other, but some are engaging in more nuanced discussions as well.
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Zachary Brewster, Wayne State University
It's long been known that Black patrons of bars and restaurants tend to get worse service than white customers. What's not been well understood is precisely why.
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Alex McInturff, University of California Santa Barbara; Christine Wilkinson, University of California, Berkeley; Wenjing Xu, University of California, Berkeley
Millions of miles of fences crisscross the Earth's surface. They divide ecosystems and affect wild species in ways that often are harmful, but are virtually unstudied.
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