Tag: science
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Past the tipping point: Climate change communication and research in the 2020’s
Robin Tschötschel May 2022 Let’s face it: stopping climate change is one of humanity’s most challenging endeavours. And we are definitely not on the right track to reaching the Paris Agreement goals of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Concerned scientists, activists, and politicians alike often focus on trying to convince people that the…
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Experiments Without Explosions
Marthe Möller News outlets often discuss scientific research investigating possible causal relationships between two factors. One such causal relationship that is frequently discussed in the media evolves around the question ‘Does playing violent video games make people aggressive?’ (for example, see these articles by CNN, The New York Times and The Guardian). But when it…
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The Dilemma of Finding Non-Significant Results
Maria Altendorf I started in the field of health science with an ambition to make the world a healthier, better and maybe even fairer place. I specialised in health research – so I could support the vision of “global health” with my own research. Okay! Some might now call me idealistic. They would argue: “you…
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