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#Anger is all the rage on Twitter when it’s cold outside (and on Mondays)

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“#Anger is all the rage on Twitter when it’s cold outside (and on Mondays)” by Heather R. Stevens, Ivan Charles Hanigan, Paul Beggs, Petra Graham, The Conversation </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2020/angerisallth.jpg” data-sub-html=”Days with high angry tweet counts correlated with major news events. Credit: Shutterstock” data-thumb=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/angerisallth.jpg”> <figure><img alt=”Anger is all the rage on Twitter when it’s…

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#How conspiracy theories emerge—and how their storylines fall apart

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“#How conspiracy theories emerge—and how their storylines fall apart” Researchers produced a graphic representation of the narratives they analyzed, with layers for major subplots of each story, and lines connecting the key people, places and institutions within and among those layers. Credit: University of California, Los Angeles A new study by UCLA professors offers a…

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#Many families must ‘dance’ their way to COVID-19 survival

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“#Many families must ‘dance’ their way to COVID-19 survival” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Marketing managers and academics have been studying how families plan ahead and make decisions about family care and family consumption for a long time—but what happens when planning ahead is not possible? When consumers can’t plan ahead…they “dance.” Although there has been…

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#How the coronavirus pandemic could shape cities

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“#How the coronavirus pandemic could shape cities” The interior of Villa La Roche designed by Le Corbusier. Credit: Radomir Cernoc At the turn of the 20th century, tuberculosis was America’s third-most common cause of death. It struck down the young as well as the old and was so contagious that spitting anywhere in public except…

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#Confrontation may reduce white prejudices, study finds

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“#Confrontation may reduce white prejudices, study finds” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Confronting a white person who makes a racist or sexist statement can make them reflect on their words and avoid making biased statements about race or gender in the future, Rutgers researchers find. The study, published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science,…

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#Universal right to health could inspire people, organizations to make real change

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“#Universal right to health could inspire people, organizations to make real change” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Acknowledging health as a universal human right could galvanize people and organizations to make major improvements in health worldwide, according to new research from faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. “In the U.S., few people think…

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#Repurposing spaces left vacant by COVID-19 could breathe new life into cities, says researcher

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“#Repurposing spaces left vacant by COVID-19 could breathe new life into cities, says researcher” Art Lab, a free public space for artists that occupies a vacant storefront in the Old Town district of Fort Collins, Colorado, is an example of how “reactivating” empty spaces can benefit both building owners and the community, according to a…

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#Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview

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“#Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview” Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s ineffective pandemic response on an American “anti-science bias.” He called this bias “inconceivable,” because “science is truth.” Fauci compared those…

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#COVID-19 has created more cyclists: How cities can keep them on their bikes

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“#COVID-19 has created more cyclists: How cities can keep them on their bikes” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As physical distancing measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 begin to relax in some countries and people return to work, the fears surrounding transportation and commuting continue to weigh on the minds of many. Once popular options…

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#The most prominent voices of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed

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“#The most prominent voices of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Epidemiologists and immunologists enjoyed record media attention during the coronavirus pandemic but their profile still paled in comparison to that of politicians and public health officials. A joint project from the Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC) and Streem media monitoring examined the…