2. Mastery: Use intuition only in areas where you have a mastery of knowledge. 3. Instincts and impulses: Recognize that intuition is not the same as our instincts and impulses. Instincts are hard-wired behaviors, such as a fear of heights or an aversion to bad smells, while impulses can cause a person to confuse cravings…

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Abstract Trust in scientists is a key predictor of compliance with science-based solutions to societal challenges. Although liberals in the USA generally trust scientists more than conservatives do, it is not clear how these ideological differences vary across different scientific occupations and whether they can be mitigated. Here, in this Registered Report (including 7,800 US…

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Cellular agriculture is rapidly developing as an alternative protein source yet faces political friction. Research that explores novel pathways for the integration of cellular agriculture into conventional production; open and transparent science; as well as the development of lower cost, small and medium scale production systems can steer the industry in more socially desirable directions.…

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All around the world — in the oceans, the soil, your body — an invisible battle is raging. Earth’s vast population of roughly 1030 bacteria faces an unending onslaught from an even larger army of viruses, known as bacteriophages. The bacteria have a variety of defences at their disposal: they chop up viral components, deny…

Credit: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Researchers working at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) are much more optimistic than members of the public about the future of AI, reveals a survey of 4,260 scientists in the field: 54% think that the technology will bring more benefits than risks, compared with 13% of the UK public…