Charts can be social artifacts that communicate more than just data
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MIT research shows users make assumptions about the social context of data visualizations based on design elements. These inferences can impact the degree to which users trust the data that visualization depicts. The researchers hope the work leads to better strategies for scientific communication.
Ants have evolved an acute sense of smell, which requires each sensory neuron to choose one scent receptor out of hundreds. In a new study published in Nature, researchers at New York University have discovered what ants use to solve this biological puzzle: a self-regulating system in which choosing one gene physically silences all its neighbors.
Social support can be the difference between life and death for children struggling with adverse childhood experiences (like the death or absence of a parent, substance abuse in the household or community violence) at home, according to a new University of Georgia study.
(Boston)—Jillian C. Shipherd, PhD, professor of psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and an affiliate psychologist at the Women’s Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System, has received a 2025 Charles Silverstein Lifetime Achievement Award in Social Justice from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT). The award is given to individuals who have made significant and sustained lifetime contributions to advancing social justice initiatives over many years.