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Author: Sheena Goodyear

Sheena Goodyear has ^7.2% among authors. BS Score: 1.4%. Articles analyzed: 8. Words analyzed: 21,586.

Top reasoning patterns

Negativity Bias - 5.3% (1,135 hits)
Hasty Generalization - 5.1% (1,103 hits)
Appeal to Authority - 4.9% (1,054 hits)
Appeal to Emotion - 4.5% (961 hits)
Anecdotal - 4.1% (880 hits)
Availability Heuristic - 3.8% (824 hits)
Confirmation Bias - 3.7% (804 hits)
Framing Effect - 2.7% (577 hits)

Analyzed articles

Bumblebees can solve complex puzzles like chimpanzees and elephants, study finds ^18.7%

CBC Radio - By Sheena Goodyear - 6/8/2026, 10:05 PM

Confirmation Bias 17.9% - Appeal to Authority 14.2% - Biased Writer Voice 14.1%

Scientist Juha-Heikki Kantola always knew bees were smart. But when he watched them solve a variation of a puzzle originally designed for chimpanzees, he was blown away. Kantola is one of the authors of a new study in which bumblebees figured out how to manoeuvre a ball to access a sugary reward, with no previous training. "There's a... more

Snuffleupagus, a newly described species, is an adorable little predator ^12.4%

CBC Radio - By Sheena Goodyear - 5/21/2026, 10:08 PM

Appeal to Emotion 19.8% - Framing Effect 18.4% - Appeal to Authority 13.1%

Scientist David Harasti never had any doubt what he would name the tiny orange creature he first spotted on a diving expedition in Papua New Guinea in 2003. But it would take another two decades for Harasti and his colleague Graham Short to find the elusive fish again, study it, and officially designate it a new species. Meet... more

Think solving a Rubik's Cube is hard? Try doing it while freefalling from a plane ^3.8%

CBC Radio - By Sheena Goodyear - 5/8/2026, 8:57 PM

Self-Serving Bias 11.8% - Optimism Bias 5% - Overconfidence Bias 4.3%

The hardest part about solving a Rubik's Cube while plummeting from an airplane at 200 kilometres per hour is trying not to think about your potential demise, says Tom Kopke. "In order to be focused on solving a Rubik's Cube, you need to be relaxed and not thinking about, 'Oh my God, I'm going to die, I'm going to die,'" Kopke, a German... more

Elmer the kitten is now thriving after he was found in a bucket of glue ^11.9%

CBC Radio - By Sheena Goodyear - 5/7/2026, 8:14 PM

Negativity Bias 10.2% - Optimism Bias 7.7% - Halo Effect 6%

When staff at the Humane Society of North Texas first saw Elmer, a scared little kitten saturated in industrial-strength glue, they didn't know if he would survive the night. A passerby had found the four-month-old kitten in a bucket of glue near an industrial area and brought him to the shelter in Fort Worth, Texas, in mid-April. "It... more

He was teaching CPR, then went into cardiac arrest. His students saved him ^6.4%

CBC Radio - By Sheena Goodyear - 5/5/2026, 9:25 PM

Anecdotal 19.2% - Appeal to Emotion 13.2% - Self-Serving Bias 12.1%

Karl Arps was demonstrating the signs of a heart attack during a training course when he really had one, and went into cardiac arrest. Realizing something was amiss, students at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wis., immediately sprung into action during the March 25 demonstration. The last thing Arps remembers is feeling dizzy... more

She found a grandma's heartfelt letter tucked in a book, and tracked down the recipient ^0%

CBC Radio - By Sheena Goodyear - 4/29/2026, 9:14 PM

Appeal to Emotion 19.1% - Anecdotal 13% - Halo Effect 12.6%

When Katie Slocum found a beautiful handwritten letter tucked away in a Little Free Library book, she knew she had to track down its rightful recipient. Slocum, a 36-year-old Washington, D.C., resident grabbed a copy of Ann Patchett's State of Wonder from a community bookshelf in her neighbourhood two years ago, then promptly put it on... more

Austrian man finds out his grandfather was a Nazi in just a few clicks. He's encouraging others to do the same ^49.3%

CBC Radio - By Sheena Goodyear - 4/24/2026, 3:24 PM

Negativity Bias 8.8% - Availability Heuristic 7.9% - Confirmation Bias 7.6%

It only took Christian Rainer a few seconds to confirm what he'd long suspected — his grandfather was a card-carrying member of the Nazi Party. Rainer, a journalist in Vienna, Austria, recently plugged his grandfather's name into a new online database that allows people to search through millions of Nazi Party membership cards. He... more

John Keats’s love letters to his fiancée found roughly 37 years after they were stolen ^81.2%

CBC Radio - By Sheena Goodyear - 4/22/2026, 4:06 PM

Appeal to Authority 15.5% - Appeal to Emotion 15% - Availability Heuristic 9.5%

The owners of B&B Rare Books in New York City say they knew something was amiss when a young man showed up last year with an incredible bounty of antique literature for sale. Among his offerings was a bound volume of 37 love letters, some handwritten, composed by English poet John Keats for his fiancée, Fanny Brawne. The store's... more

Aging oil wells on her land are making this Alberta farmer's life miserable. She's not alone ^78%

CBC Radio - By Sheena Goodyear - 4/15/2026, 8:00 AM

Negativity Bias 24.3% - Anecdotal 23.4% - Appeal to Authority 21%

Teresa Patry is feeling gaslit by Alberta's oil and gas regulator — and she's not the only one. The Vermilion, Alta., farmer and rancher has two active oil wells operating on her land, which, according to an independent air quality assessment, are venting a steady stream of methane and potentially dangerous chemicals downwind from where... more

Author: Sheena Goodyear

Top reasoning patterns

Analyzed articles

Bumblebees can solve complex puzzles like chimpanzees and elephants, study finds 18.7%

Snuffleupagus, a newly described species, is an adorable little predator 12.4%

Think solving a Rubik's Cube is hard? Try doing it while freefalling from a plane 3.8%

Elmer the kitten is now thriving after he was found in a bucket of glue 11.9%

He was teaching CPR, then went into cardiac arrest. His students saved him 6.4%

She found a grandma's heartfelt letter tucked in a book, and tracked down the recipient 0%

Austrian man finds out his grandfather was a Nazi in just a few clicks. He's encouraging others to do the same 49.3%

John Keats’s love letters to his fiancée found roughly 37 years after they were stolen 81.2%

Aging oil wells on her land are making this Alberta farmer's life miserable. She's not alone 78%