… For many political psychologists, it seems abundantly clear that traits and politics go together. There’s evidence that many aspects of personality develop quite early in life and have a genetic component, but we don’t become actively political until we are older. So it’s sensible to assume that the one […] Read more »
U.S. Public Wary of Biomedical Technologies to ‘Enhance’ Human Abilities
Cutting-edge biomedical technologies that could push the boundaries of human abilities may soon be available, making people’s minds sharper and their bodies stronger and healthier than ever before. But a new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults shows that majorities greet the possibility of these breakthroughs with more wariness […] Read more »
STAT-Harvard poll: Americans say no to ‘designer babies’
Most Americans oppose using powerful new technology to alter the genes of unborn babies, according to a new poll — even to prevent serious inherited diseases. They expressed the strongest disapproval for editing genes to create “designer babies” with enhanced intelligence or looks. CONT. Sharon Begley, STAT Read more »
Americans, Politics and Science Issues
One of the key trends in public opinion over the past few decades has been a growing divide among Republicans and Democrats into ideologically uniform “silos.” A larger share of the American public expresses issue positions that are either consistently liberal or conservative today than did so two decades ago, […] Read more »
Protect your right to know
How do you expect voters would react to members of Congress supporting a bill that tramples on the rights of states and localities, creates a government bureaucracy to replace a private system that’s working and takes away consumers’ right to know what’s in the food they eat? We may find […] Read more »
Liberals and conservatives think about genomics in unexpected ways
… If politics doesn’t always explain why some people embrace scientific research and why others are skeptical, then what does? In an article recently published in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, we find that the answer lies not just in our views on politics […] Read more »