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How to Tell When a Scientific Study Is Total B.S.

LIE DETECTOR

New studies are published every day claiming breakthroughs. But most of them are full of bad science. Here’s what to look out for.

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“Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe. (Or maybe Benjamin Franklin.) Somewhere in between is how you should approach new medical research.

Truth be told, most of the medical studies you read about are either not as astounding as they’re cracked up...

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