Dana Nuccitelli: A new study finds that explaining the techniques of science denial makes people resistant to their effects

A suspected "deliberate attack" on a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin kills nine people.

"A decent breakdown of all things real and fake news."

I read something that made me wonder: Who do you follow on Twitter (or facebook) to avoid falling in an echo chamber?

From nytimes:

I WILL resist dwelling in an echo chamber. I will follow smart people on Twitter or Facebook with whom I disagree. I will also try to enlarge my social circle to include people with different views, recognizing that diversity is a wonderful thing — and that if I know only Clinton supporters, then I don’t have a clue about America.

Biotech boss Elizabeth Parrish has tried out her company’s anti-ageing gene therapy with, she says, amazing results. Too good to be true?

It seems we’re entering another of those stupid seasons humans impose on themselves at fairly regular intervals.

Evidence based medicine is the idea of changing practice due to new data, here are a few milestone cases of such changes.

Perhaps you should aid us beleaguered reformist Muslims who are attempting to address this crisis within Islam against all the odds.

"Led by Boris Johnson, British news media have been smearing the European Union for decades," Martin Fletcher writes in The New York Times Opinion Section.

Calories consumed minus calories burned: it’s the simple formula for weight loss or gain. But dieters often find that it doesn’t work. Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley of Gastropod investigate.

As the United Nations warns of the dire consequences of global warming, the commitment of the current Australian government to the reality of climate change remains unclear, with a history of disturbingly…

One thing that really bothers me is that Snapzu logs me out all the time. I guess it's because I use multiple devices from multiple locations?.. But I do not seem to have this issue with other sites. So it would be great if there would be a profile setting or a log in option that would keep me logged in for longer, even if I log in from multiple devices etc..

Thanks!

Agreement among negotiators from 12 Pacific Rim countries on the Trans-Pacific Partnership represents a triumph over long odds. And now critics of the TPP’s ratification, particularly in the US, should read the agreement with an open mind.

Knowledge alone is next to useless in countries whose rulers enforce self-censorship

If you ever hit a paywall when clicking on an article link on snapzu or somewhere else, you can just google the name of the article or the article url. Then click on the google search result and more often than not, the google link will get around the paywall and you will see the full article. This probably won't work on all the sites, but I routinely use it to read articles from WSJ and others. Enjoy!

Let me know if there are other tricks that work :)

I'm thinking of giving meditation a try and thought that it might be useful to have some guidance and maybe tracking to keep me motivated. Have any of you tried guided meditation apps? Any good/bad experiences?

Drugs, casual sex, leaving home and getting a job – being a young adult is fucking stressful.

Is there something bothering you and noone to ask for advice? Well, now you can do it here and we'll do our best to help you. Of course, right now there's no "we" just "me" but I hope that it will change soon :)

http://snapzu.com/t/relationshipadvice/

If you suffer from depression or anxiety as Elle and Moody do, spending time with them could help. They are characters in a free online program of cognitive behavioral therapy called MoodGYM, which leads users through quizzes and exercises — therapy ...