Template to assess the scientific information in the news

Section Subsection Type Piece of text found in the news Result

The information analysed

Historical shows connections with the
links historical path of scientific
knowledge.

Naturalism: The news items

analyzed fit the principle of
naturalism

Evidentialism: The news

items inform only about facts
that can be confirmed by the
senses

Method
Falsifiability / skeptical
attitude: Information
introduces either ways to prove
it false or its limits

Mathematical thinking

Institutions: A public
authority supporting the
scientific activity is identified

Authorship

Social Information source

structure
Cooperation among
researchers

Funding: The financial

sources of the research