Antisemitism on Twitter has more than doubled since Elon Musk took over the platform – new research

New research shows that antisemitic posts surged as the ‘free speech absolutist’ took over the social media giant. And it has settled at a higher level since.

Carl Miller, Research Fellow, King's College London • conversation
March 20, 2023 ~8 min

Speech therapy app uses biofeedback

A speech therapy app uses biofeedback. The approach could also be useful for gender-affirming care or teaching Mandarin.

Jade McClain-NYU • futurity
Feb. 28, 2023 ~9 min


Beyond Section 230: A pair of social media experts describes how to bring transparency and accountability to the industry

A key piece of federal law, Section 230, has been credited with fostering the internet and allowing misinformation and hate speech to flourish. Here’s how it could be reformed.

Jon Pfeiffer, Adjunct Professor of Law, Pepperdine University • conversation
Jan. 4, 2023 ~9 min

What causes stuttering? A speech pathology researcher explains the science and the misconceptions around this speech disorder

Stuttering is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects about 1 in 100 people across the world. Yet the precise biological pathways that underlie stuttering are not well understood.

Xiaofan Lei, PhD Candidate in Speech Pathology, University of Minnesota • conversation
Dec. 15, 2022 ~9 min

Mass migration from Twitter is likely to be an uphill battle – just ask ex-Tumblr users

The communities that call Twitter home might decide to pack their bags. If they do, they are unlikely to be able to completely reconstitute themselves elsewhere.

Casey Fiesler, Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Nov. 3, 2022 ~8 min

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

Tests use Dr. Seuss to probe speech perception

Researchers had participants listen to a speaker reading The Lorax to investigate how the brain is engaged during complex audiovisual speech perception.

Kelsie Smith-Hayduk - U. Rochester • futurity
Sept. 22, 2022 ~5 min

Meta’s AI chatbot hates Mark Zuckerberg – but why is it less bothered about racism?

BlenderBot3’s distaste for its creator sits uncomfortably with its taciturn approach to hate speech.

Marcus Tomalin, Senior Research Associate in the Machine Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge • conversation
Sept. 1, 2022 ~6 min


When was talking invented? A language scientist explains how this unique feature of human beings may have evolved

A language scientist explains that talking was never invented but has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years.

Richard Futrell, Associate Professor of Language Science, University of California, Irvine • conversation
Aug. 8, 2022 ~6 min

Babies can learn language sounds in the first few hours of being born – new research

Babies who remain in silence hours after birth have different brains to those who listen to sounds.

Guillaume Thierry, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Bangor University • conversation
July 18, 2022 ~6 min

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