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How we gathered an army of scientists to battle health misinformation

As a career scientist, I’ve always been aware of the persistence of science misinformation, but I didn’t come to fully understand how it…

Oct 14, 2019

How we gathered an army of scientists to battle health misinformation

Oct 14, 2019

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Metafact.io

A horse that does math? A lesson in how to question the New York Times

It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. — Mark Twain

Feb 21, 2019

A horse that does math? A lesson in how to question the New York Times

Feb 21, 2019

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Metafact.io

Metafact + ScienceAlert partnership to give facts even greater reach..

Ever since we launched Metafact — our goal was not just to help people source the facts from real experts, but also to give real…

Jan 8, 2019

Metafact + ScienceAlert partnership to give facts even greater reach..

Jan 8, 2019

Ben McNeil

I’m starting a #givebackweek. What’s that?

Support those starting out by opening up your calendar..

Dec 12, 2018

I’m starting a #givebackweek. What’s that?

Dec 12, 2018

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Metafact.io

Scientists: Post-truth is the opportunity we’ve been looking for..

When trust collapses, people turn to science to source the facts

Aug 15, 2018

Scientists: Post-truth is the opportunity we’ve been looking for..

Aug 15, 2018

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Thinkable blog

Announcing the winners of the Peer Prize for Climate

With the generous support from the UNSW Sydney Grand Challenge Program and the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland…

Sep 22, 2017

Announcing the winners of the Peer Prize for Climate

Sep 22, 2017

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Thinkable blog

Thinkable launches ‘communities’ to help the world learn, fund & collaborate with scientists

Our core mission at Thinkable is to accelerate scientific discovery by providing a new way for the world to engage, fund & collaborate with…

Jul 28, 2017

Jul 28, 2017

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Thinkable blog

New prize launched to showcase latest climate facts & innovations

Being part of the climate science community for 20 years, I am hugely excited to launch the inaugural Peer Prize for Climate, with generous…

Jul 27, 2017

Jul 27, 2017

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Thinkable blog

Announcing the winners of the 2017 Peer Prize for Women in Science

Last year The Sun Foundation had one goal in mind: celebrate & support inspiring women researchers in Australia taking on some of the…

Jun 26, 2017

Announcing the winners of the 2017 Peer Prize for Women in Science

Jun 26, 2017

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Thinkable blog

NASA launches Cities Innovation Challenge with Thinkable

Thinkable is excited to partner with NASA to host a global challenge to find the best & brightest teams to help develop solutions to wicked…

Apr 24, 2017

Apr 24, 2017

Ben McNeil

Ben McNeil

Climate Scientist. Founder of metafact.io - a new model for fact-checking that allows people to question everything and source answers from experts.

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