App may improve communication for kids with disabilities

An app designed to boost communication skills of children with developmental disorders in South Africa could also help kids worldwide.

Anna Varela - Georgia State • futurity
Oct. 17, 2022 ~5 min

Why the 'energy price cap' is confusing – and how it could be better communicated

There never was a ‘maximum bill of £2,500’.

Lorraine Whitmarsh, Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath • conversation
Oct. 14, 2022 ~6 min


Brain evolution clarifies why woodpeckers peck

The specialized brain area that helps songbirds learn songs also exists in woodpeckers, suggesting their communicative rat-a-tat-tat evolved the same way.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Sept. 21, 2022 ~7 min

Brain evolution clarifies why woodpeckers peck

The specialized brain area that helps songbirds learn songs also exists in woodpeckers, suggesting their communicative rat-a-tat-tat evolved the same way.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Sept. 21, 2022 ~7 min

The national broadband rollout has a blind spot: Lack of accurate, transparent data about internet access speeds

Ensuring that billions of dollars of federal funding for broadband service are well spent – and that consumers get what they pay for – comes down to knowing the actual speeds internet users experience.

Sascha Meinrath, Director of X-Lab and Palmer Chair in Telecommunications, Penn State • conversation
Sept. 15, 2022 ~9 min

COVID distress upped vax rates, but not distancing

People more distressed during the COVID-19 pandemic were less likely to follow distancing guidelines, but more likely to get vaccinated.

Brandie Jefferson-WUSTL • futurity
Aug. 26, 2022 ~7 min

Dolphins use signature whistles to represent other dolphins – similarly to how humans use names

Using urine and signature whistles from other dolphins, a team of scientists has shown that dolphins use signature whistles like names and hold mental representations of other dolphins in their minds.

Jason Bruck, Assistant Professor of Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University • conversation
Aug. 23, 2022 ~9 min

Chimps call out to recruit hunting buddies

Chimpanzees eat more than fruit. When they're on the hunt for meat, researchers have found their barks bring other chimps to close in on their prey.

U. Zurich • futurity
Aug. 16, 2022 ~5 min


Keeping cool without warming the planet

Harvard scientists have developed a revolutionary new mechanism that could unlock environmentally friendly air conditioning.

Yahya Chaudhry • harvard
June 24, 2022 ~6 min

Horses and pigs can tell if you’re being positive or negative

"...our voices have a direct impact on the emotional state of animals, which is very interesting from an animal welfare perspective."

U. Copenhagen • futurity
June 17, 2022 ~8 min

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