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Brain Food and Bacteria
More or Less: Behind the Stats
English - November 19, 2012 00:01 - 9 minutes - 8.71 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratingsNews Education Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There's not an obvious link between chocolate and Nobel prizes, but this did not stop news outlets around the world reporting the amount of chocolate a country consumes influences the number of Nobel prizes they will win.
In many cases the scientific study was reported without question or comment. Ruth Alexander asks what this story tells us about the way the media reports scientific studies, and why the correlation between the two might be so strong.
Also – it's often said that chopping boards or dishcloths have many more bacteria than toilet seat but is this really true?