Twelve tips for spotting bad science

<a href='http://bit.ly/1fNfCMy'>Image: Compound Interest</a>

Compound Interest, a blog by a British graduate chemist and teacher, has a poster with everything you need to know about evaluating stories on scientific research. "The vast majority of people will get their science news from online news site articles, and rarely delve into the research that the article is based on," its anonymous author writes. Red flags listed in the poster include "sensational headlines," "misinterpreted results," and "speculative language."

April 15, 2014

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