In this episode, we examine the Daily Mail Online's claim that "Studies have also revealed that power ballads can bring a major boost". Oh really. References: <ol> <li><a href= "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9131907/How-think-younger-happier.html"> Daily Mail</a> article.</li> <li><a href= "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00511/full"> Schäfer et al. (2013) </a></li> <li><a href= "https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550614542345">Hsu et al. (2015) </a></li> </ol> music: Thomas de Supervener

In this episode, we examine the Daily Mail Online's claim that "Studies have also revealed that power ballads can bring a major boost". Oh really. References: Daily Mail article. Schäfer et al. (2013) Hsu et al. (2015) music: Thomas de Supervener

In this episode, we examine the Daily Mail Online's claim that "Studies have also revealed that power ballads can bring a major boost". Oh really. References: <ol> <li><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9131907/How-think-younger-happier.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Daily Mail</a>&nbsp;article.</li> <li><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00511/full" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Schäfer et al. (2013)&nbsp;</a></li> <li><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550614542345" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hsu et al. (2015)&nbsp;</a></li> </ol> music: Thomas de Supervener

Power ballads and confidence

Enough shampoo bottle rattle, let's examine some tabloid claims. In each weekly episode, we fact-check a new claim that "studies have shown" something weird. What does science really say about clowns, light therapy, power ballads, and sudoku? Short episodes, running time average 6 minutes. 

Rather than giving any real information about science, medicine, research, or technology, the phrase "studies have shown" is often instead used as a weapon to close a conversation down, scare people, and sell stuff - all in the name of 'science'. HAVE studies shown?

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Enough shampoo bottle rattle, let's examine some tabloid claims. In each weekly episode, we fact-check a new claim that "studies have shown" something weird. What does science really say about clowns, light therapy, power ballads, and sudoku? Short episodes, running time average 6 minutes. Rather than giving any real information about science, medicine, research, or technology, the phrase "studies have shown" is often instead used as a weapon to close a conversation down, scare people, and sell stuff - all in the name of 'science'. HAVE studies shown?

Enough shampoo bottle rattle,&nbsp;let's examine some tabloid claims.&nbsp;In each weekly episode, we&nbsp;fact-check a&nbsp;new&nbsp;claim that "studies have shown" something weird. What does science really say about clowns, light therapy, power ballads, and sudoku? Short episodes, running time average&nbsp;6 minutes.&nbsp;

Rather than giving any real information about science, medicine, research, or technology, the&nbsp;phrase "studies have shown" is often instead used&nbsp;as a weapon to close a conversation down, scare people, and sell stuff - all in the name of 'science'. HAVE&nbsp;studies shown?

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