News in Brief News on Scary Subjects Gets More Negative as It Spreads New research finds reintroducing objective facts into the conversation doesn't mitigate this effect. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice BBC Editor Quits, Citing Gender Discrimination in Pay Though editor Carrie Gracie was offered a raise, she felt it did nothing to address the systemic nature of the BBC's pay-gap problem. Francie Diep
Social Justice BBC Sees ‘Spike’ in Sexual Harassment Claims Post-Weinstein The broadcasting company is currently investigating 25 claims. Katie Kilkenny
Social Justice Following a Pay Gap Controversy, the BBC Finds Women Are Paid 9 Percent Less Than Men The BBC did not, however, analyze the pay of senior managers, on-air editors, presenters, or correspondents. Katie Kilkenny
Social Justice The Power of Tetris What if you could make a game of Tetris last forever? What would that mean for our minds? Ryan O'Hanlon