Megan Lynch (she/her) on Nostr: I had to trace back how Weekend Update got this as a headline... I found a lot of ...
I had to trace back how Weekend Update got this as a headline... I found a lot of hits from 3 days ago saying "men better at maps", and a hit from 4 days ago saying "Scientists Debunk Myth That Men Are Better at Navigating" and the name of the journal was there, but no link to the study.
Then I dug for the study.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.231532But guess how many more folks were reached via Weekend Update. This is a perennial #SciComm problem.
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2024-01-21 22:54:03Event JSON
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