Grounds for Science - Stranger than Science Fiction

A substantial portion of scientific information in the media is wrong - not just exaggerated, not just incomplete, but entirely false or so garbled it leaves the audience understanding less than they did before. Even major, respectable publications regularly blunder, sometimes severely. I’ll share specific strategies that anyone, scientist or not, can use to determine whether a media representation of science is likely to be trustworthy. You’ll leave armed with tools to help you stay in the know, protect yourself from those who benefit from keeping us uninformed about science, and, of course, win arguments on Facebook.