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Face masks are ineffective at reducing the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases, a Cochrane review demonstrates
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A review “has found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development”
…article found that it did a good job of describing the study, while noting that the study’s conclusions (and implications) require additional investigation. In particular, discussion among scientists has focused…
…contain inaccurate or misleading information. Given that we’re studying misinformation, we only focused on the latter ones. Using this list of URLs as input, we set out to see how…
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Florida study found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines increase the risk of cardiac-related death, especially in men
Back in December 2021, Science Feedback conducted a quick check on the extent to which Google’s then-new policy on demonetizing climate change denial content was enforced. Our study focused on…
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Cows are carbon-negative; to tackle climate change, we need to raise more cows and eat more beef.
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Study and headline saying homegrown food is more carbon intensive than conventional agriculture is meant to discourage and stop people from growing their own food
…attention, quickly becoming the most-read piece in the magazine’s history. But many critics, including several climate scientists, argued that it was flawed because Mr. Wallace-Wells focused on the worst-case scenario,…