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Facebook users tended to choose and share stories containing messages they accept, and to neglect those they reject

New research strongly suggests that if you want to know what your spouse will find funny, you would likely to do best to consult an algorithm

For more than 20 years, researchers have identified a phenomenon called ‘hostile media perception’

People are more receptive to ‘baloney’ if they do less well on measures of analytical thinking, such as numeracy and verbal intelligence

But it will need cutting down on generous tax credits and imposing a carbon tax

Across partisan lines, people often fail to understand one another

Critics must not be distracted by vain hopes that the status quo can last. Instead, they must ask themselves whether the world will be safer in the future with or without the deal