Reality Checks: Climate Data not Distorted, Opioids vs Car Fatalities, CRISPR, and Screens vs Potatoes

Elizabeth — January 15, 2019

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No evidence climate data was distorted. Shocking. (via Ars Technica)
More USians killed by opioids than cars. (via The NPR)
Screens are as bad for children as potatoes. (via Wired)
CRISPR is revolutionizing medicine. (via Financial Times)

Featured image credit: Tim Gee via flickr

Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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