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Nowadays they are so acute partisan divisions that it may seem that people have completely different realities. Perhaps in reality they are, according to Leor Zmigrod, neuroscientist and political psychologist of the University of Cambridge. In a new book, "the ideological brain: the radical science of flexible thought", Dr. Zmigrod explores the emerging evidence that brain physiology and biology help to explain not only because people are prone to ideology, but how they perceive and share information.This conversation has been modified for clarity and brevity.What is ideology?It is a narrative on how the world works and how it should work. This could be the social world or the natural world. But it's not just a story: it has really rigid prescriptions on how we should think, how we should...

Il piano del presidente Trump di imporre tariffe ampie alla maggior parte dei partner commerciali americani ha governi di tutto il mondo per programmare le telefonate, inviare delegazioni a Washington e offrire proposte per ridurre le loro tasse sulle importazioni per sfuggire ai prelievi.Lunedì, i funzionari europei si sono offerti di abbandonare le tariffe a zero su auto e merci industriali importate dagli Stati Uniti, in cambio dello stesso trattamento. Il primo ministro israeliano avrebbe dovuto presentare una petizione personalmente il signor Trump lunedì in incontri alla Casa Bianca. Il principale leader del Vietnam, in una telefonata della scorsa settimana, si è offerto di sbarazzarsi delle tariffe sui beni americani, mentre l'Indonesia si preparava a inviare una delegazione di alto...

President Trump and Europe are clashing for rates, the war in Ukraine and the very purpose of the existence of the European Union. But they are also divided into freedom of speech, with potentially large implications for the way the digital world is regulated.The EU has investigated the US companies pursuant to the Digital Services Act, a new law intended to prevent the spread of illegal content and online disinformation. In the first main case towards a conclusion, the regulators as soon as this summer impose significant penalties, including a fine and the requests for product changes - on the social media platform of Elon Musk, X, stating that the law has been violated.But the administration of Mr. Trump sees the law as a strike against his version of freedom of speech: one that cancels ...

The Israeli army recognized the defects in its initial accounts of the involvement of its troops in the murder of 15 people last month in the south of Gaza, that the United Nations stated that they were all paramedics and rescues.The admission came on Saturday, the day after a video obtained by the New York Times seemed to contradict a fundamental part of the previous version of the military events. While the military had said that it shot on vehicles after "they advanced suspiciously", the video showed clearly marked ambulances and a fire truck.The episode attracted international control and the sentence. After revealing the clear inconsistencies in the Israeli account, the military seemed to move more quickly than usual to face the problem. The internal military investigations on questio...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation's health secretary, participated in the funeral Sunday of an 8 -year -old girl who died of measles in the midst of a outbreak that burned the region and questioned her ability to manage a public health crisis.The death of the child, in a Lubbock hospital, in Texas, early on Thursday morning, is the second mortality confirmed by measles in a decade in the United States.The child died of "measles pulmonary failure", according to the registers obtained by the New York Times. The hospital, part of the UMC health system, confirmed death later on Sunday, adding that the girl was not vaccinated and had no underlying health conditions.Mr. Kennedy conferred with the girl's family but did not talk to the funeral ceremony, according to the people present."My intentio...

"Giant", a comedy on the anti -Semitism of Roald Dahl with John Lithgow as author of Truculent Children, was one of the great winners of the Olivier Awards this year, the equivalent of the Great Britain of the Tonys.The comedy, which was staged at the Royal Court last year and is moving to the West End on April 26, brought home three prizes to Sunday ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London: best actor, for Lithgow; The best support actor for Elliot Levey as an publisher who tries to convince Dahl to apologize for his statements on Jews; And the coveted prize for the best new game.For that last prize, "Giant" has passed four other titles, including "The Years", an acclaimed staging of the life of a French (with a back-stroket abortion and a late deal) that takes place at the Harold Pint...

The naughty posters have started to appear throughout London in the last two months.On the side of an East London bus stop, one of them shows Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, who emerges from a Tesla roof with the hand that focuses upwards in a straight -arm greeting. "It goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds," reads the announcement. "Tesla. The Swasticar."Another fake announcement shows Mr. Musk and President Trump in front of a red Tesla with the words: "Now with the white power steering". North of London, a false film by Billboard Blares: "The Fast and the Führer", with a photo of Mr. Musk jumping next to a Tesla with a plate of dogge, a reference to the federal agency that is washing the budget that currently leads on behalf of Mr. Trump."Parents' guide", warns the advertising bill...

This article is part of NeglectedA series of necrologists on extraordinary people whose deaths, starting from 1851, have not been reported on time.Katharine Dexter McCormick, born from a life of wealth, who aggravated the marriage, could have sat back and simply enjoy the numerous advantages that flow. Instead, he put his considerable luck - combined with his remarkable will - in making life better for women.Activist, philanthropist and benefactor, McCormick used his wealth strategically, in particular to sign the basic research that led to the development of the birth control pill in the late 1950s.Before then, the contraception in the United States was extremely limited, with prohibitions on diaphragms and condoms. The advent of the pill made it easier for women to plan when and if to ha...

Not long ago, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was setting up the European allies to resist the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He illustrated the point that a higher diplomat, R. Nicholas Burns, recently summarized as the way the United States win the global competition for power and prosperity: "Be kind to your allies".President Trump clearly has a different vision. His antagonism towards Europe has been public for decades, seeing the allies as economic competitors and geopolitical parasites. And his decision on Thursday to impose controversial rates calculated to American partners, including Ukraine-but not Russia or North Korea bare his will to fracture a transatlantic alliance that has widely maintained peace in Europe for 80 years.In combination with the demand of Mr. Trump that NATO allie...

The rates on imported vehicles entered into force on Thursday, a policy that President Trump has declared to stimulate investments and jobs in the United States, but that analysts claim that they will increase new cars of thousands of dollars.The duty of 25 percent applies to all cars assembled outside the United States. Starting from May 3, the rate will also apply to the imported cars, which will be added to the cost of cars assembled at national and automatic level.There will be a partial exemption for cars made in Mexico or Canada that meet the terms of free trade agreements with these countries. The car manufacturers will not have to pay duties on parts such as engines, transmissions or batteries that have been made in the United States and subsequently installed by car in Mexican or ...