Literacy
Why anecdotes persuade but do not prove
A single vivid story carries a hidden sample of one — and often a sample that survived a filter the listener never sees.
By Bianca Torres • March 4, 2026
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Literacy
Literacy teaches the skills for evaluating evidence directly: distinguishing correlation from cause, reading confidence intervals, converting relative risk into absolute terms, spotting undeclared conflicts, and recognizing when a sample is too small. Examples come from real published papers. For anyone wanting to check a health claim independently.
Literacy
Why correlation is not causation in headlines
Headlines turn associations into causes because causes read better — three habits of mind restore the distinction.
By Yasmin Haddad • February 18, 2026
Literacy
How to read a scientific paper in twenty minutes
A three-pass strategy — abstract, figures, limitations — extracts most of a paper's value before the methods section slows a reader down.
By Tobias Lange • January 26, 2026