Author: Allison Aubrey
Allison Aubrey
has 32.1% among authors.
BS Score: 2.3%.
Articles analyzed: 4.
Words analyzed: 14,096.
Analyzed articles
KUOW Public Radio
- By Allison Aubrey
- 6/15/2026, 9:00 AM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 35.7% - Anecdotal 30.1% - Confirmation Bias 16.8%
Imagine it's the 1980s or early '90s, and there's a queue for the pay phone in a college dorm hallway. Students line up, waiting their turn for the once-a-week, brief check-in with a parent. That was the norm, says Laurence Steinberg, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Temple University. "Parents and their adult children are... more
KUOW Public Radio
- By Allison Aubrey
- 5/4/2026, 9:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 18% - Hasty Generalization 15.8% - Negativity Bias 11.5%
If you're planning for the future, you've likely been advised to track your retirement savings. But Joe Coughlin, director of the MIT AgeLab, says there's more to the equation when it comes to navigating a long life. Given the number of centenarians is expected to quadruple by 2054, Coughlin and his collaborators developed a... more
KUOW Public Radio
- By Allison Aubrey
- 4/20/2026, 9:00 AM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 30% - Anecdotal 18.8% - Indoctrination 15.8%
Millions of Americans are strapping on smartwatches and smart rings to track everything from sleep to heart rate to body temperature. Wearable tech is now an estimated $100 billion business. But all those numbers streaming in from your wrist or finger can be hard to make sense of. Here's how to get the most out of your data, and how to... more
NPR
- By Allison Aubrey
- 3/13/2026, 8:56 PM
New guidelines for managing cholesterol call for more aggressive prevention and earlier treatment, including a recommendation that all adults be tested once for lipoprotein(a), a genetic risk marker for heart disease. The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released the updated guidelines Friday, which aim... more