Couples can sway each other’s views on climate change

Couples may be an untapped resource in the effort to get people concerned about climate change, new findings show.

Yale • futurity
June 30, 2022 ~5 min

‘Threat dictionary’ gauges cultural response to fear

The "threat dictionary" contains 240 terms and uses natural language processing. It offers a way to track cultures responding to fearful events and ideas.

Stanford • futurity
April 6, 2022 ~12 min


Book: These ‘forgotten’ rejections shaped Black lit

A new book explores how a history of rejection shaped African American literature and activism for generations to come.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Dec. 29, 2021 ~12 min

To counter hate speech, push for empathy?

"Counterspeech" is one option for fighting hate speech online. Of three versions, inducing empathy seems to work best, say researchers.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Dec. 8, 2021 ~6 min

To counter hate speech, push for empathy?

"Counterspeech" is one option for fighting hate speech online. Of three versions, inducing empathy seems to work best, say researchers.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Dec. 8, 2021 ~6 min

Baby formula websites may discourage breastfeeding

The websites of baby formula manufacturers use messages and images that discourage breastfeeding while touting the benefits of formula, an analysis finds.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
Sept. 15, 2021 ~6 min

Textbook wording may sap certainty about climate

New research suggests subtle wording in textbooks can affect how certain students are about the causes of climate change.

Laura Oleniacz - NC State • futurity
Sept. 13, 2021 ~7 min

Execs give 3 kinds of non-answers about earnings

The new paper shows that roughly 11% of analyst questions in conference calls yield non-answers from corporate managers.

Stanford • futurity
July 28, 2021 ~7 min


How to recognize and counter vaccine apathy

Hear an expert explain what characterizes vaccine apathy and how to get through to folks in that category.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
July 13, 2021 ~4 min

Media amplified anti-mask minority on Twitter

There was strong support for wearing masks to fight COVID-19 on Twitter in mid-2020. But anti-mask views got a bump from the media, researchers find.

Jim Barlow-Oregon • futurity
May 4, 2021 ~6 min

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