Coronavirus anti‑vaxxers: one in six British people would refuse a vaccine – here’s how to change their minds
Research on conspiracy theories can help people become receptive to health advice.
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Public protest or selfish ratbaggery? Why free speech doesn’t give you the right to endanger other people’s health
Tolerating political protest is an essential part of democratic life. But when the protests pose a genuine risk of harm to the community, that’s when they are no longer ethically justified.
Fuel efficiency standards could help curb Australia’s persistently growing emissions
Australia’s plan to bring fuel efficiency standards up to par with the US and Europe could see us say goodbye to regular unleaded, and hello to a useful way of cutting our rising greenhouse emissions.
Conspiracy theories are dangerous even if they don’t affect behaviour
Many of those who believe conspiracy theories do not necessarily act on those beliefs. Nevertheless, conspiracy theories can still spread dangerous misinformation that can cause harm.
Trump is out, but US evangelicalism remains alive and well in Africa
African evangelism is born from – and often funded by – American evangelism, and with it comes a damaging cocktail of rightwing ideologies, especially during the Donald Trump years.
Darwin’s theory may be brilliant but it doesn’t explain everything
Darwin’s insights into life on Earth may have revolutionised biology, but scientists sometimes get carried away. It’s not the only game in town.
Achieving net zero with renewables or nuclear means rebuilding the hollowed‑out public service after decades of cuts
Public ownership is back in vogue, after the Coalition promised publicly owned nuclear plants in a decade. The problem is, the public service has been hollowed out.
Cabinet papers 2000: the Coalition before climate denialism, but on the path to offshore detention
In the Howard government, there was near-consensus in Cabinet that an ETS was eventually likely. A spike in asylum-seeker arrivals stimulated the hard “deterrent’ strategy” that would morph into the “Pacific Solution” in 2001.
The pope as messenger: making climate change a moral issue
The upcoming encyclical from Pope Francis can transform the climate change culture wars in America.
Climate and vaccine deniers are the same: beyond persuasion
Governments are worried. Vaccination rates are falling under the influence of a campaign of misinformation by a small minority of fanatics. Scientifically there is no debate about immunisation, with every…
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