The article looks at how people react to news about accidents and environmental risks. The researchers suggest that the way events are described affects how we think about them and feel emotions like anger and sadness. They created a computer model called ITERA to show how our quick, intuitive thoughts shape our reactions to bad news. In experiments, they tested different factors like how risky an action is or the intentions of the person involved. The model accurately predicted how people would feel angry in response to certain descriptions. However, it didn't match up as well when it came to predicting feelings of sadness.