The Problem Isn't Sharing Misinformation Online; It's Believing It
To counter spurious ideas such as those of the antivaccine movement, consider what drives people to accept them-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Mississippi State University row crop short course presentations available online
(American Phytopathological Society) The 2018 Mississippi State University Row Crop Short Course, held in December, showcased presentations by growers, industry experts, and row crop specialists on topics such as nematode management, weed control, of...
Online virtual world training, interactions empowers kids with social learning deficits
(Center for BrainHealth ) After five years of proven success with Charisma(TM) for Youth -- an evidence-based virtual training program to learn and practice social skills in real time with trained clinicians -- the Brain Performance Institute at the...
Too lazy to brush and floss? Research team will motivate you with online counseling
(University at Buffalo) University at Buffalo researchers have received a new $438,000 grant to develop the first online intervention based on motivational interviewing to help dental patients improve oral health behaviors, including frequent brushin...
All systems go for Mars InSight landing: Here’s how to watch online and in person
An artist’s conception shows the Mars Insight lander on the Red Planet’s surface, with its seismometer deployed at left and its heat-measuring “mole” deployed at right. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Illustration)
After a 300 million-mile, six-month interplanet...
It’s prime time for watching Mars – plus a total lunar eclipse that you can see online
A global dust storm covers Mars’ disk in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope, captured on July 18. The planet’s two small moons, Deimos (left) and Phobos (right), appear in the lower half of the image. (NASA / ESA / STScI Photo)
It’s no hoax:...