Articles tagged with "increase"

Alison Campbell looks at a new 'resource' for New Zealand schools, helpfully provided by the creationist movement.

The Gallup Organization released the results of its new poll on paranormal beliefs in June, which indicate increases in the percentage of Americans who believe in communication with the dead, ESP, ghosts, psychic healing and extraterrestrial visitation (see http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr010608.asp).

The New Zealand Herald of 5 September carried the headline "Ozone gap to lift skin cancer 7 per cent".

Exaggerated claims and scaremongering of such "crises" as global warming, toxic wastes and endangered animals may mean a loss of credibility for environmentalists.