The the real science behind hacky headlines, crappy clickbait, and suspect sources Bouchard, R. Philip creator text oru 2021 monographic eng

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276 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm R. Philip Bouchard takes a closer look at 13 pervasive scientific untruths tackling a range of topics from gravity and radiation to global warming, pandemics and humorously shares the real science behind them. You'll learn why trees do not store carbon dioxide, why getting your genome sequenced tells you much less than you think it does, and why a day is not actually 24 hours. The lungs of the planet -- No gravity in space -- Survival of the fittest -- The five senses -- High levels of radiation -- Killing germs -- Twenty-four hours a day -- The blueprint of life -- Superfoods and toxins -- Full of energy -- Left-brained and right-brained -- Global warming -- Epidemics and pandemics. R. Philip Bouchard. Includes index. Errors, Scientific Miscellanea Disinformation Errores científicos Desinformación Ciencia Estudio y enseñanza Q 172.5 B752s 2021 9781643260426 1643260421 BJBSDDR 211202 20231117162449.0 eng