Vera Lund
One new scientific finding at a time. What did the researchers actually measure? How strong is the evidence? What would change our minds?
Real papers. Honest uncertainty.
Space, life, physics, the Earth, and the technology built on them. Cinematic footage, the original studies, and a score at the end.
Evidence Check
Every episode ends the same way: five questions, each scored 0, 1 or 2. The sum is the score out of ten. Same questions every time, so the numbers mean the same thing across episodes.
- Tested in
Who or what was studied. cells · mice · people
- Sample
How many observations stand behind the claim. 12 animals · 1 patient · 4,000 people
- Peer review
Has the work been reviewed, or is it still a preprint. peer-reviewed · preprint
- Replicated
Has anyone else got the same result. not yet · two groups
- Effect size
How big the effect is compared with the noise. large · modest · within noise
Who is Vera Lund?
Vera Lund takes one new scientific finding at a time and checks it. What did the researchers actually measure? How strong is the evidence? What would change our minds?
Space, life, physics, the Earth, and the technology built on them. Cinematic footage, real papers, honest uncertainty. Every episode ends with an Evidence Check: five criteria, one score out of ten.