A new study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin has found that the connection between our basic psychological needs and belief in conspiracy theories is not static, but can shift over time within individuals. Researchers found that changes…[Continue Reading...]
Clocks across the state sprung ahead by an hour. Brenda Rotert, sleep lab coordinator at Avera Health, discusses the health effects of daylight savings (1:00 to 8:05). We bring you a 2024 conversation with Joel Allen, Ph.D., and Jeff Pospisil…[Continue Reading...]
Two recent school shootings are highlighting what extremism researchers see as a growing — and poorly understood — trend among young people who embrace mass violence. The attacks, at high schools in Madison, Wis., and Nashville, Tenn., defy categories that…[Continue Reading...]
In the early 2000s, TikToker Savannah (@oktav.ea) was raised in an evangelical clown cult. In the year 2000, she and her mom moved to a small town in the Midwest, where there was an organization that brought in young people…[Continue Reading...]
Bangladesh Bank has cautioned the public against multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes, highlighting their hallmarks—unrealistically high profits and referral-based commissions—as traits of pyramid or Ponzi schemes that often lead to significant financial losses for investors. The central bank issued the warning…[Continue Reading...]
Tasked with convincing the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that the 14 charges her client had been convicted of should be overturned, public defender Allegra Glashausser needed to pull one heck of a legal rabbit out of her hat during…[Continue Reading...]
Taipei, March. 8 (CNA) Two Taiwanese Unification Church followers have been arrested in China and are unable to return to Taiwan as of Friday, the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) said. Following the arrest, the SEF received a request for assistance…[Continue Reading...]
Freeform's new documentary series How I Escaped My Cult has brought to us Kristel Leonard's story. The docu-series highlights the stories of ex-cult members who managed to break free from their cults and have come forward to share the story…[Continue Reading...]
I’m not – I’ll bet a pound to a penny that Xi Jinping has never heard of me, has never tasked anyone to contact me, or people like me, and, to be honest, probably doesn’t even care about Falun Gong…[Continue Reading...]
MANHATTAN (CN) — Public defender Allegra Glashausser told a panel of federal appellate judges Wednesday morning, “The failure to provide magic is not criminal fraud.” It’s almost certainly the first time such an argument has been uttered to the Second…[Continue Reading...]
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