…goes to PopSci for yesterday’s tragically incorrect Biggest Full Moon in 19 Years Almost Certainly Won’t Cause a Huge Natural Disaster:

Past supermoons have coincided with natural disasters–the Indonesian earthquake in 2005, Australian flooding in 1954–but scientists note that those are unrelated, more likely than not. Says John Bellini, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey: “A lot of [...]

Science Daily actively engages readers with research that shows that a lack of fact-checking in articles undermines readers’ concept of truth:

The study found that people are more likely to doubt their own ability to determine the truth in politics after reading an article that simply lists competing claims without offering any idea of which side is right.

“There are [...]