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EGU2024 - An intense week of joining sessions virtually

Note: this blog post has been put together over the course of the week I followed the happenings at the conference virtually. Should recordings of the Great Debates and possibly Union Symposia mentioned below, be released sometime after the conference ends, I'll include links to the ones I participated in.

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EGU2024 - Picking and chosing sessions to attend virtually

This year's General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) will take place as a fully hybrid conference in both Vienna and online from April 15 to 19. I decided to join the event virtually this year for the full week and I've already picked several sessions I plan to attend. Among them are two sessions, I'll be presenting in. This blog post provides an overview of my itinerary.

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2021 in review: a rather cranky year for Skeptical Science

The year 2021 was a rather 'cranky' one for our team! For one, quite some research was cranked out - i.e. published - by team members and for another, a particular Cranky Uncle started to make the rounds throughout the year. As in previous recaps, this one is divided into several sections:

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2023 in review - Updating Rebuttals and a lot more

During most of 2023 we highlighted one updated rebuttal per week, output from our quite productive Rebuttal Update Factory. Cranky Uncle learned a few new languages during the year and we could add several handbook translations. But there was a lot more to keep us busy during the year! As in previous recaps, this one is divided into several sections:

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Misinformation and the Voice: how can you spot and defuse false claims?

Misinformation and disinformation have been circulating around the Voice to Parliament referendum for months. How can you spot and prevent it?

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Fact-checkers applaud academic research on fact-checking but offer wide range of opinions on which research is most valuable

Fact-checkers applaud academic research on fact-checking but offer wide range of opinions on which research is most valuable
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EGU2023 - Highlights from the last week of April

Note: this is a work in progress which will be updated throughout the week. This especially applies to the notes from the sessions, so please regard them as somewhat preliminary! In case of the Great Debates mentioned below, EGU plans to release the recordings sometime after the conference ends. Once they become available, I'll include links to the ones I watched live.

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9 Ways to Debunk Coronavirus Myths Without it Backfiring

The spread of misinformation about the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, seems greater than the spread of the infection itself.

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Do Fact Checks Help Combat COVID-19 Misinformation?

A study looks at the efficacy and durability of countering fake news and misinformation about COVID-19 with fact checks.

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Over half a dozen handy handbook translations published!

Over the last months we've added over half a dozen newly translated handbooks to the relevant overview pages for The Conspiracy Theory Handbook, The Debunking Handbook 2020 and The COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Handbook. As most of these additions will most likely have flown under the radar, we'll highlight these handy resources to fight misinformation in this blog post. Some translations were created with the help of translators from the Skeptical Science volunteers' network while others were created independently. What ties these handbooks and their translations together is, that Skeptical Science founder John Cook has been involved with the creation of all of them, that Wendy Cook created the graphic designs, and that I'm coordinating the translations.

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