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- YouTube More Likely to Direct Election-Fraud Videos to Users Already Skeptical https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/september/youtube-more-likely-to-direct-election-fraud-videos-to-users-alr.html 69 comments
- Anthropologists Uncover Art by (Really) Old Masters–38,000 Year-Old Engravings http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2017/january/anthropologists-uncover-art-by--really--old-masters38-000-year-o.html 6 comments
- Lethal climate change millions of years ago was due to volcanic eruptions, scientists conclude https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2023/october/lethal-climate-change-millions-of-years-ago-was-due-to-volcanic-.html 52 comments science
- Teenagers become more exploratory in their behaviors with age, becoming increasingly likely to visit new places over time. Greater exploration is associated with enhanced psychological well-being and larger social networks. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/september/teens-become-more-exploratory-with-age-a-behavior-linked-to-grea.html 57 comments science
- YouTube More Likely to Direct Election-Fraud Videos to Users Already Skeptical about 2020 Election’s Legitimacy https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/september/youtube-more-likely-to-direct-election-fraud-videos-to-users-alr.html 46 comments technology
- YouTube More Likely to Direct Election-Fraud Videos to Users Already Skeptical about 2020 Election’s Legitimacy, Study Finds https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/september/youtube-more-likely-to-direct-election-fraud-videos-to-users-alr.html 106 comments science
- Federally Funded Sex Education Programs Linked to Decline in Teen Birth Rates, New Study Shows https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/february/federally-funded-sex-education-programs-linked-to-decline-in-tee.html 281 comments moderatepolitics
- Federally funded sex education programs linked to decline in teen birth rates, new study shows. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2022/february/federally-funded-sex-education-programs-linked-to-decline-in-tee.html 1278 comments science
- Academic Achievement isn’t the Reason There are More Men than Women Majoring in Physics, Engineering and Computer Science https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/june/study--academic-achievement-isn-t-the-reason-there-are-more-men-.html 47 comments science
- A new class of illusion, developed by a visual artist and a psychology researcher, underscores the highly constructive nature of visual perception. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2021/june/a-new-kind-of-visual-illusion-uncovers-how-our-brains-connect-th.html 9 comments science
- The Earth Has a Pulse—A 27.5-Million-Year Cycle of Geological Activity https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2021/june/earth-pulse.html 5 comments space
- Income inequality within countries correlates with higher COVID-19 infections rates in those nations, finds an analysis by New York University’s Center on International Cooperation. The newly released paper also raises concerns that these inequalities could hamper vaccination efforts. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2021/april/countries-marked-by-inequality-less-likely-to-contain-coronaviru.html 4 comments science
- Income inequality within countries correlates with higher COVID-19 infections rates in those nations, finds an analysis by New York University’s Center on International Cooperation. The newly release paper also raises concerns that these inequalities could hamper vaccination efforts. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2021/april/countries-marked-by-inequality-less-likely-to-contain-coronaviru.html 12 comments science
- Republicans and Democrats hate the other side more than they love their own. Negative sentiment for the opposition outstrips positive feelings for one’s own partisan affiliation and may be more important than ideological differences in guiding political behavior. http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/october/republicans-and-democrats-hate-the-other-side-more-than-they-lov.html 22 comments science
- Women More Likely to Embrace Behaviors Aimed at Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/october/women-more-likely-to-embrace-behaviors-aimed-at-preventing-the-s.html 13 comments science
- Men More Likely than Women to be Seen as Brilliant https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/july/men-more-likely-than-women-to-be-seen-as-brilliant-.html 9 comments science
- It’s Not Me—It’s You: We Believe We’re Less Likely than Others Are to Fall for Online Scams https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/may/it-s-not-me-it-s-you--we-believe-we-re-less-likely-than-others-a.html 5 comments science
- The stereotype that associates being “brilliant” with White men more than White women is shared by children regardless of their own race, finds a team of psychology researchers. By contrast, its study shows, children do not apply this stereotype to Black men and women. http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/october/children-associate-white--but-not-black--men-with--brilliant--st.html 33 comments science
- Taxing Sweetened Drinks by the Amount of Sugar Could Cut Obesity & Boost Economic Gains. Such a tax would also result in economic gains -- primarily through savings in health care costs -- of about $1.4 billion per year nationwide. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/september/taxing-sweetened-drinks-by-the-amount-of-sugar-could-cut-obesity.html 2282 comments science
- Americans today overestimate future income for children from wealthy and middle-income families, but underestimate for children from poor ones. The finding runs counter to popular perceptions(and past studies) that holds Americans, overall, have optimistic views of economic mobility in America. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/june/americans-overestimate-income-for-children-from-wealthy---middle.html 15 comments science
- Father-son communication about condoms can cut risk of sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancies. New study provides evidence of the important role of fathers in promoting consistent and correct condom use among male adolescents. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/december/fathersonpediatricsstudy.html 68 comments science
- Sign languages reveal hidden logical structure, and limitations of spoken language https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/november/sign-language-reveals-the-hidden-logical-structure--and-limitati.html 32 comments linguistics
- Encouraging children “to help,” rather than asking them to “be helpers,” can instill persistence as they work to fulfill daily tasks that are difficult to complete, finds a new study. Using verbs to talk about actions may help lead to more resilience following setbacks rather than using nouns. http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/september/new-research-helps-to-instill-persistence-in-children.html 14 comments science
- Lack of Social Mobility in US - American workers’ occupational status reflects that of their parents more than previously known, reaffirming more starkly that the lack of mobility in the United States is in large part due to the occupation of our parents, finds a new study. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/september/lack-of-social-mobility-more-of-an--occupational-hazard--than-pr.html 3 comments science
- We make snap judgments of others based not only on their facial appearance, but also on our pre-existing beliefs about how others’ personalities work, finds a new study. People form personality impressions from others’ facial appearance within only a few hundred milliseconds. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/august/how-we-judge-personality-from-faces-depends-on-our-pre-existing-.html 3 comments science
- Our brains have “auto-correct” feature that we deploy when re-interpreting ambiguous sounds. Study shows the brain uses information gathered after the detection of an initial sound to aid speech comprehension. Findings point to new ways we use information and context to aid in speech comprehension. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/august/researchers-find-a-neural--auto-correct--feature-we-use-to-proce.html 25 comments science
- A team of scientists has uncovered new molecular properties of water—a discovery of a phenomenon that had previously gone unnoticed. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/august/the-behavior-of-water--scientists-find-new-properties-of-h2o.html 3 comments science
- Infants recognize that speech in a language not their own is used for communication. The results offer new insights into how language is processed at a young age. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/january/infants-recognize-foreign-languages-as-a-form-of-communication.html 3 comments science
- A team of scientists has found new evidence that the Great Permian Extinction, which occurred 252 million years ago was caused by massive volcanic eruptions in what is now Siberia. http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2017/october/scientists-find-evidence-that-siberian-volcanic-eruptions-caused.html 13 comments science
- Falkland Islands Basin Shows Signs of Being Among World’s Largest Craters https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2017/may/falkland-islands-basin-shows-signs-of-being-among-worlds-largest.html 6 comments science
- Nightclub Goers More Likely to Use New Designer Drugs - NYU researchers find nearly half of all respondents reported use of at least one of 58 new designer drugs http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2016/august/nightclub-goers-more-likely-to-use-new-designer-drugs.html 4 comments science
- Flying Insects Defy Aerodynamic Laws of Airplanes, Courant Researchers Find http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2016/07/11/flying-insects-defy-aerodynamic-laws-of-airplanes-courant-researchers-find.html 3 comments science
- We’re more likely to sacrifice a man than a woman when it comes to both saving the lives of others and in pursuing our self-interests, a team of psychology researchers has found. http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2016/06/08/chivalry-is-not-dead-when-it-comes-to-morality.html 35 comments science
- Philippa Foot - Ethical Realism, virtue as a prerequisite for the "Natural Goodness" of human beings http://www.nyu.edu/classes/gmoran/foot.pdf 29 comments philosophy
- Movement tracking technology sheds light on different speech disorders like apraxia in children http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2015/07/28/movement-tracking-technology-sheds-light-on-different-speech-disorders-in-children1.html 3 comments science
- Adolescents, Drugs, and Dancing - study finds use of illicit drugs other than marijuana is 20% higher among “teen ravers” http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2015/05/18/adolescents-drugs-and-dancing.html 29 comments science
- "The Problem of Philosophy" by Colin McGinn http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/consciousness97/papers/problemofphilosophy.html 8 comments philosophy
- New York University physicists have invented a new method to create extended and knotted optical traps in three dimensions. http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2011/03/15/nyu-physicists-creation-of-optical-knots-offers-potential-power-source.html 3 comments science
- The Harder Problem of Consciousness by Ned Block http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/papers/harderproblem.pdf 4 comments philosophy