Michael Ranney News Today

The reluctance of people to listen to dissenting opinions often reinforces their false understandings. However, disagreement can be instructive and transformational. Research from UC Berkeley professors and others shed light on why we disagree and how it can refine and strengthen one’s beliefs. 

A shortage of lifeguards means some beaches in the national capital region will be unsupervised this summer and swimming classes are being cancelled.

What could we possibly still say to people who don't believe that human activity is changing the global climate?