Weare constantly bombarded with information about science on the television, internet or in the papers and it can be difficult to make sense of it all. How do you know what to believe?
Pseudoscience (something that is not based on sound scientific evidence) is often reported in the media as fact, but how can we tell whether claims such as miracle cures for diseases, products for ‘detoxing’ your body or scare stories about mobile phones are real or not? To be accepted, scientific research has to go through a process called peer review, where it is scrutinised by expert scientists before being made available for anyone to read and comment on. Knowledge of the peer review system will help you question the science reported in the media — especially when it makes seemingly dodgy claims.
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