326. Obesity accelerates hair thinning (Morinaga et al. 2021) 327. U.S. policymakers did not have compelling evidence that the threat of a Communist takeover was increasing substantially in the months before the coup d’état in Iran in August 1953 (Gasiorowski 2019) 328. More than 60 percent of Danish Ministers and Permanent Secretaries end up in […]
Category: science
25 interesting facts #13
301. Alcohol intake does not influence creative thinking performance (Benedek and Zöhrer 2020) 302. Ecological and environmental pressures led to a decline in dinosaur biodiversity well before the asteroid impact (Condamine et al. 2021) 303. Football players with high public status perform worse in penalty shootouts (Jordet 2009a 2009b) 304. Campaigns influence election outcomes less […]
Brixtofte-skandalens effekt på den offentlige opinion
For snart tyve år siden, onsdag den 6. februar 2002, kunne B.T. rapportere, at Farum-borgmester Peter Brixtofte, der også var medlem af Folketinget for Venstre, havde haft et ekstremt forbrug af luksusgoder, herunder et forbrug af meget dyr rødvin. Hele gildet var som bekendt betalt af skatteborgerne. Påvirker politiske skandaler af den karakter borgernes opfattelse […]
25 interesting facts #12
276. People overestimate their own IQ by around 30 IQ points and their partner’s IQ by almost 40 IQ points (Gignac and Zajenkowski 2019) 277. Democratic satisfaction drops significantly when early elections are called by prime ministers or presidents (Morgan-Jones and Loveless 2021) 278. Smoke alarms for children are more effective if they have an […]
The political implications of climate change
What are the political implications of climate change? I have been looking into a few studies lately on the implications of climate change for societies. In brief, there is substantial evidence that climate change matter for economic development, political instability, climate migrants, public health, conflict, etc. Nerini et al. (2019) provide a great overview on […]