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What Changes Minds About Climate Change?

Aug 9, 2017

State of the Planet - Seventy percent of Americans now believe global warming is occurring, and more than half understand that it is mainly caused by human activity, a new report reveals. This is an improvement over 2013, said Edward Maibach, a principal investigator on the report, which came out of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.

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Did we humans contribute to the Texas heat wave? It's complicated

Aug 8, 2017

Star Telegram - A sweeping federal report on climate change concludes that there's stronger evidence than before of global warming, and that "it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century."

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What's the chance of a black Republican winning the presidency?

Aug 8, 2017

The Anniston Star - "I'm bullish on the idea that we'll have another black president. But it's not a given that the next one will be a Democrat."

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You're Wired For Sibling Rivalry

Aug 8, 2017

TVN - It's a scene that Sybil Hart has seen thousands of times. An infant – about six months old – plays happily with his mother nearby. He's never had a sibling or other rival for his mother's affection. But the second she turns her attention to a baby doll, that child drops whatever had his attention and returns to mommy.

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