Helpdesk: How fake science websites hijack our trust in experts to misinform and confuse
ISOBELLE CLARKE, Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow at Lancaster University, looks at the rise of fake science websites – and tips for how to spot them…
Carrier bag spat erupts as Islamabad moves to ban plastic
Islamabad, PakistanThomson Reuters Foundation When inspectors showed up to investigate reports that a popular Islamabad take-out restaurant was flaunting the city’s new plastic bag ban last week, the response was less than contrite. Video footage – which quickly appeared on social media – showed one of the inspectors being grabbed and shoved. Islamabad’s district commissioner […]
WOW!: FROM FAKE RICE TO DEADLY MEDICINE, AFRICAN FIRM TAKES ON COUNTERFEITERS
LAURIE GOERING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how new technology is helping to detect fake seeds, medicines and other products…