Science Feedback – A Scientific Reference to Reliable Information Online

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Science Feedback is a worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction in science based media coverage. Our goal is to help readers know which news to trust.

Latest Claim Reviews – CLIMATE

“The Earth is not a globe. The Earth is stationary.”

Amber Plaster, Flat Earth

“this is [...] a brush rake. It's used for clearing underbrush and debris from the forest floor that builds up and creates fuel for wild fires. Now you can stop looking stupid trying to make fun of Trump telling California to rake the forest.”

Facebook users, Facebook

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Latest Claim Reviews – HEALTH

"COVID-19 vaccines will cause more severe disease through antibody-dependent enhancement"

Facebook users, Facebook

"Public health measures aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 including face masks, vaccines, and frequent handwashing “suppress our immune systems”"

Anonymous, Instagram

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Latest Article Reviews - CLIMATE

Guardian article on Arctic methane emissions claiming “a new climate feedback loop may have been triggered” lacks important context

"This article’s claim that methane deposits in the Arctic Ocean are starting to be released, awakening a “sleeping giant”, cannot be supported by the limited observational da..

Article by The Daily Caller oversimplifies drivers of wildfires and downplays role of climate change

The Daily Caller

"The causes of the increase in burned area in the western US in recent decades – and the record-setting fires of 2020 – are complex, driven by a mix of a changing climate, a 10..

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Latest Article Reviews - HEALTH

New York Post article makes speculative, unsupported claim that mutation could enable the virus causing COVID-19 to evade handwashing and mask-wearing

"The preprint that the article focuses on actually says nothing about the most egregious claim made in the article: that the virus is evolving to get around hand-washing, masks, et..

Telegraph article describing the hypothesis that face masks can variolate a population receives mixed reviews on its scientific accuracy

"The Telegraph headline is obviously misleading but the subheading is accurate. Masks don’t give immunity; rather, the argument is that infections are milder or asymptomatic and ..

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Latest Insight articles – CLIMATE

The potentials and limitations of tree plantings as a climate solution

the international conversation on tree plantings as a solution to reducing CO2 emissions in the atmosphere and mitigating the rise in global surface temperature is mixed, with judg...

“Planet of the Humans” documentary misleads viewers about renewable energy

Instead of presenting life cycle analyses for solar and wind generation or quantifying electric vehicle emissions that could inform viewers, Planet of the Humans misleads with broa...

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Latest Insight articles – HEALTH

“Plandemic: Indoctornation” video rehashes debunked claims and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines

Plandemic is a pseudo-documentary produced by American filmmaker Mikki Willis, whose first instalment was published in May 2020. Featuring an interview with anti-vaccination activi...

Computing Forever interview with Dolores Cahill contains numerous inaccuracies about COVID-19 and vaccines

This video, first published on 11 May 2020, features an interview between Dave Cullen, also known as Computing Forever on YouTube, and Dolores Cahill, a professor at University Col...

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News & Events

Science Feedback is awarded an IFCN Development Grant to build database on sources of misinformation

Science Feedback is very pleased to be awarded a development grant from the Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). This grant aims to further innovation ...

Building an Open-source Database of Misinformation Sources on COVID-19

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread throughout the world, so does false or misleading information about the pandemic online. The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-G...

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