Political systems become polarized when internal unity within groups strengthens and the divide between them deepens. As polarization intensifies, societal tensions can grow, making it difficult to ...

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We are living in a time of increased division. From politics to public health, conversations that could bring people together via common values are driving people further apart. So how can we shift ...

This research examines the effect of thermal power plant desulfurization by-products on pipeline carbon steel alloy corrosion dynamics in soil aqueous solutions to improve soil properties and decrease ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer explains how people tend to interpret ambiguous information as confirming whatever they believed to begin with. Photo: Free to Choose Network Nothing throws America’s ...

City St George's, University of London provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. It is hard nowadays to find topics on which people agree. Ironically, though, all agree on one ...

This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy. As is an annual tradition, Merriam-Webster has announced its "Word of the Year." In a fitting well-being check on America, ...

With less than a month left until January, Merriam-Webster has chosen its 2024 Word of the Year, one that has often defined the political landscape of the United States and its candidates. The word, ...

A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year. That word is “polarization.” Defined as a “division ...