Fri. 08/26 - Prebunking Conspiratorial Thinking

<p><strong><em>Google ran a study using its own pre-roll ads to try to </em>pre<em>bunk people before they fall for conspiracy theories. Plus, scientists have found the first-ever evidence of carbon dioxide in a planet’s atmosphere beyond our solar system. And the curious case of the one song that used to crash any laptop it played on.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Indeed, Get a free $75 credit PLUS earn up to $500 extra in sponsored job credits with Indeed’s Virtual Interviews at <a href="http://indeed.com/goodnews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indeed.com/goodnews</a></li><li>Shopify, Get a 14-day free trial at <a href="http://shopify.com/cool" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shopify.com/cool</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/24/23317286/google-jigsaw-cambridge-study-prebunking-disinformation-research" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Can a YouTube ad change your mind about disinformation?</a> (The Verge)</li><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/google-trying-pre-bunking-effort-counter-misinformation-rcna43818" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Google is trying out ‘pre-bunking’ in an effort to counter misinformation</a> (NBC News)</li><li><a href="https://theconversation.com/youtube-how-a-team-of-scientists-worked-to-inoculate-a-million-users-against-misinformation-189007" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube: how a team of scientists worked to inoculate a million users against misinformation</a> (The Conversation)</li><li><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-detects-carbon-dioxide-in-exoplanet-atmosphere/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NASA’s Webb Detects Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere</a> (NASA)</li><li><a href="https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/bad-astronomy-jwst-sees-co2-in-exoplanet-atmosphere" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JWST sees carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time</a> (Syfy Wire)</li>