SA Special Editions

If politicians can lie without condemnation, what are scientists to do?

Amid a controversy, it’s important to remember that implicit bias is real—and it matters

Although children are prime targets, educators cannot figure out how best to teach them to separate fact from fiction

Convincing people who doubt the validity of climate change and evolution to change their beliefs requires overcoming a set of ingrained cognitive biases

Reality is constructed by the brain, and no two brains are exactly alike

Oil and gas representatives influence the standards for courses and textbooks, from kindergarten to 12th grade

As political polarization grows, the arguments we have with one another may be shifting our understanding of truth itself

How Facebook, fake news and friends are altering memories and changing history

The most effective misinformation starts with seeds of truth

Understanding how algorithm manipulators exploit our cognitive vulnerabilities empowers us to fight back

Baseless theories threaten our safety and democracy. It turns out that specific emotions make people prone to such thinking

Dishonesty begets dishonesty, rapidly spreading unethical behavior through a society

Belief in conspiracy theories and overconfidence are two tendencies linked to hasty thinking

While we are working through a problem, the brain’s tendency to stick with familiar ideas can literally blind us to superior solutions

How we make decisions in the face of incomplete knowledge and uncertainty

How to interpret uncertainty in common forms of data visualization

Our willingness to share content without thinking is exploited to spread disinformation

Nine experts describe how they sort signal from noise