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6 tips to help you detect fake science news

  • Written by Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College
imageIf what you're reading seems too good to be true, it just might be.Mark Hang Fung So/Unsplash, CC BY

I’m a professor of chemistry, have a Ph.D. and conduct my own scientific research, yet when consuming media, even I frequently need to ask myself: “Is this science or is it fiction?”

There are plenty of reasons a science story might...

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