Our method

We cover scientific research. Every article on this site is about a specific study, and links to it.

What we publish

Each article explains one research paper: what the researchers asked, how they went about it, what they found, and what it does or doesn't mean. The paper itself is always linked, and we encourage you to read it.

We are not the authors of the research we cover. We are not affiliated with them, their institutions, or the journals that publish them. We write about their work; we don't speak for it.

How our articles are written

Our articles are drafted by a language model from the full text of the study, then reviewed by a human editor before publication. Nothing goes online unread.

We say this plainly because we think you should know how the things you read are made. The process is designed around a simple constraint: the article must be accurate about the study it covers.

That process is good, but it is not infallible. If you spot an error, tell us.

Peer review, and why we mention it

You'll see a note on each article saying whether the study has been peer-reviewed.

Peer review means other researchers in the field read the paper before publication and judged whether the methods were sound and the conclusions supported.

A preprint is a paper the authors have made public before that review happens. Preprints are how research often circulates first, and there is nothing improper about them.

We cover both, and we always tell you which you're reading.

Translation

We publish in English first. Other languages follow.

Translations are produced from the English article and reviewed before publication. Where an article has been translated, it says so.

We translate because access to scientific information is uneven, and language is a large part of why.

What we don't do

We don't reproduce figures, tables, or images from the studies we cover. Any illustration on this site was made by us.

We don't tell you what to do. We are not doctors, and nothing here is medical, legal, or financial advice.

We don't cover a study because its conclusion is striking. A single result rarely settles anything. Where a finding is preliminary, contested, or limited in scope, we say so.

Corrections

If an article is wrong, we fix it and say what changed.

Use the report link on any article for factual errors, misrepresentations of a study, translation mistakes, or anything else that seems off.