Our political leanings can influence plenty of our day-to-day choices, from the news we read and watch, to the Facebook friends we hide and the Tweets we like. It's no secret that people tend to gravitate toward ideas that reaffirm their worldview.
This filtering doesn't exclusively exist online. Even the paper-and-ink books we buy can reflect our political preferences — particularly when it comes to books on science.
A new study found that people who buy conservative or liberal political books in the U.S. are equally interested in science books, but they pick works on starkly different topics. Read more...
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