Study debunks claims of ‘crisis of trust’ in science

"Our results show that most people in most countries have a relatively high level of trust in scientists."

U. Zurich • futurity
Jan. 28, 2025 ~5 min

Trust, not just knowledge, is key to accepting self-driving cars

New findings point to the need to build trust with the public if fully autonomous vehicles are to ever take to the roads.

Sara Zaske-Washington State • futurity
July 9, 2024 ~5 min


Feeling misinformed leads some people to actively avoid news

As people have more difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction, they are more likely to feel news fatigue and avoid news altogether.

Jared Wadley-U. Michigan • futurity
May 8, 2024 ~5 min

How a turn to the right sapped trust in the Supreme Court

"A significant part of the public now sees the Court as just another political branch, not a legal institution above politics."

Michael Rozansky-Penn • futurity
March 11, 2024 ~9 min

US public trusts science, but still worries about bias

Confidence in science remains high in the US, but has declined since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, research shows.

Michael Rozansky-Penn • futurity
March 5, 2024 ~9 min

Trust may make older adults more vulnerable to scams

Relying on their initial impressions of trustworthiness, elderly adults overlook bad behavior, according to a new study.

Eric Hamilton-Florida • futurity
Feb. 13, 2024 ~5 min

Trust in doctors may help overcome COVID vax hesitancy

People who trust doctors were more likely to get a COVID-19 vaccine and booster. Trust in public officials did not have the same effect.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
Feb. 7, 2024 ~5 min

Patients are split on getting health care from artificial intelligence

A new study digs into whether people would choose a human doctor or an artificial intelligence for diagnosis and treatment.

Phil Villarreal-U. Arizona • futurity
May 22, 2023 ~5 min


Robots can’t fully regain human trust after 3 mistakes

Some strategies may help robots rebuild trust after mistakes, but new research shows it's a case of "three strikes and you're out."

Jared Wadley-Michigan • futurity
Feb. 3, 2023 ~4 min

You can’t really tell who ‘looks trustworthy’

"Our results revealed that people are fooling themselves when they think they can predict trustworthiness from appearance alone."

Amy McCaig-Rice University • futurity
Jan. 30, 2023 ~3 min

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