Joseph ShavitJan 3, 2023The real bias in news coverage is different than you might think, study findsTwo of America's major cable news networks – Fox News and MSNBC – anchor opposing ends of the political spectrum.
Joseph ShavitDec 3, 2022The real bias in news coverage is not what you might think, study findsResearchers compared the two cable news networks using natural language analysis by quantifying key psychosocial and sociopolitical markers
Joseph ShavitApr 11, 2022When Fox News viewers flip to CNN, their opinions shift too, study findsStaunchly conservative Fox News viewers who spent a month tuning in to CNN instead reported a broad shift in their political opinions
Joseph ShavitOct 27, 2020'Massive' coral reef taller than the Empire State Building discovered in AustraliaThe reef was first discovered on October 20 as scientists completed an underwater mapping of the seafloor of the northern Great Barrier Reef
Joseph ShavitOct 26, 2020American astronaut shows the world how to vote from space: How'd she do it?NASA astronaut Kate Rubins casting her vote from some 200 miles above Earth should be all the motivation you need to make a plan to vote
Joseph ShavitOct 15, 2020Cows prefer to co-moo-nicate in person, research suggestsCows don't make video calls but if they did, chances are they'd hate them just as much as most of us do.
Joseph ShavitOct 11, 2020Researchers gave thousands of dollars to homeless people. The results defied stereotypes.Researchers in a new study found that homeless people who received direct cash transfers were able to find stable housing faster
Joseph ShavitOct 11, 2020The US military is trialing augmented reality goggles for dogsDogs working in the United States military could in the future wear augmented reality (AR) goggles that enable soldiers to give them remote