Preprints are free online scientific studies that are inconclusive or unverified. Researchers find them useful to get feedback quickly.

Covering preprints is okay as long as one mentions that the work is tentative.

Researchers analyzed over 450 media stories that covered preprints - only about half accurately portrayed them as being unverified research...

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