EurekAlert

EurekAlert is a platform for academic institutions and organizations to share their research findings. The site covers a wide range of topics including health, environment, technology, and more. The articles are well-written and easy to understand with a focus on the key findings of the research. While there may be occasional contradictions within the articles, there is no apparent editorial bias or conflicts of interest.

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The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This news site is known for its high journalistic standards. It strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. It has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

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  • EurekAlert appears to provide a platform for various academic institutions and organizations to share their research findings without any apparent editorial bias.

Conflicts of Interest

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Examples:

  • There are no apparent conflicts of interest reported in any of the articles.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • In one article, it is mentioned that WASP-39b, the studied exoplanet, has a diameter 1.3 times greater than Jupiter and is tidally locked to its parent star. However, it is also stated that the planet's eternal morning side is likely cloudier than its eternal evening due to differences in temperature and atmospheric circulation.

Deceptions

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Examples:

  • No deceptive practices were found in the articles.

Recent Articles

  • Unprecedented Volcanic Eruption Cooled Earth in 2022, Challenging Global Warming Assumptions

    Unprecedented Volcanic Eruption Cooled Earth in 2022, Challenging Global Warming Assumptions

    Broke On: Saturday, 15 January 2022 In January 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted, injecting large amounts of water vapor and volcanic aerosols into the stratosphere. Contrary to initial assumptions, this event led to cooling rather than warming of the Earth by reducing solar radiative forcing and increasing stratospheric water content. The researchers' analysis revealed that more energy left the climate system than entered it during this period.
  • Blocking Inflammatory Protein IL-11 Extends Healthy Lifespan of Mice by 25%: New Study Reveals

    Blocking Inflammatory Protein IL-11 Extends Healthy Lifespan of Mice by 25%: New Study Reveals

    Broke On: Wednesday, 17 July 2024 Scientists discovered that blocking the inflammatory protein IL-11 extends healthy lifespan of mice by 25%, reducing deaths from cancer and improving muscle strength. Studies conducted by MRC Laboratory of Medical Science, Imperial College London, and Duke-NUS Medical School revealed IL-11's pro-inflammatory role in aging. Anti-IL-11 treatments are currently in human clinical trials for age-related diseases.
  • NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Distinct Morning and Evening Atmospheres on Exoplanet WASP-39b: A Tidally Locked World with Extreme Temperature Differences

    NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Distinct Morning and Evening Atmospheres on Exoplanet WASP-39b: A Tidally Locked World with Extreme Temperature Differences

    Broke On: Tuesday, 16 July 2024 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals distinct morning and evening atmospheres on exoplanet WASP-39b, with temperature differences up to 300 degrees Fahrenheit due to gas circulation and extreme tidal locking.
  • New Insights into the Role of AHR in Regulating T Cell CXCL13 Production and Potential Therapeutic Strategies for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    New Insights into the Role of AHR in Regulating T Cell CXCL13 Production and Potential Therapeutic Strategies for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Broke On: Wednesday, 10 July 2024 New research reveals the role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) in regulating T cell production of CXCL13, a key chemoattractant for B cells in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). An imbalance between PD-1/ICOS CXCL13+ T cells and CD96hi IL-22+ T cells contributes to SLE pathology. Insufficient AHR activation leads to excess disease-causing T peripheral helper cells, while activating the AHR pathway or limiting interferon could potentially cure lupus.
  • New Discovery: Quasar Merges with Two Galaxies, Revealing Early Galaxy Formation and Black Hole Growth

    New Discovery: Quasar Merges with Two Galaxies, Revealing Early Galaxy Formation and Black Hole Growth

    Broke On: Friday, 05 July 2024 An international team led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) discovered a quasar merging with two massive satellite galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The observations revealed one satellite galaxy forming stars with low metallicity, while the other was partially photoionised and had higher metallicity. This cosmic event occurred when the universe was less than a billion years old and featured a central black hole weighing 2 billion times the mass of our Sun. Roberto Decarli, lead author of the study, explained that both black holes and their host galaxies undergo efficient growth in the first billion years of cosmic history.
  • New Studies Question the Assumption that Minimally Processed Foods are Healthier than Ultra-Processed Ones

    New Studies Question the Assumption that Minimally Processed Foods are Healthier than Ultra-Processed Ones

    Broke On: Sunday, 30 June 2024 New studies challenge the assumption that limiting ultra-processed foods leads to a healthier lifestyle. Contrary to popular belief, less-processed diets can be more expensive and have a shorter shelf life without providing additional nutritional value. A long-term study found that consuming higher levels of ultraprocessed food may shorten lifespans by up to 15%. Diet soft drinks were identified as a major contributor.
  • New Study: Unnatural Greenhouse Gases on Exoplanets Could Be Signs of Alien Civilizations Terraforming Worlds

    New Study: Unnatural Greenhouse Gases on Exoplanets Could Be Signs of Alien Civilizations Terraforming Worlds

    Broke On: Wednesday, 26 June 2024 A new study identifies specific artificial greenhouse gases as potential signs of alien civilizations terraforming exoplanets. These gases, including fluorinated methane, ethane, and propane, as well as nitrogen-fluorine or sulfur-fluorine gases, are effective with long lifetimes in Earth-like atmospheres and could be detectable using advanced telescopes. The findings offer a new tool for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
  • New Insights from JWST Reveal the Crab Nebula as a Complex Core-collapse Supernova

    New Insights from JWST Reveal the Crab Nebula as a Complex Core-collapse Supernova

    Broke On: Tuesday, 18 June 2024 New data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant in Taurus, is a core-collapse supernova with complex structures and intriguing chemical composition. The pulsar powers an outflowing wind interacting with gas and dust, creating complex structures. JWST discovered nickel and iron emission lines in the inner filaments, suggesting a low-mass star could have been the progenitor.
  • New Study Reveals Rapid Growth of Supermassive Black Holes in Young Universe using X-ray Observations

    New Study Reveals Rapid Growth of Supermassive Black Holes in Young Universe using X-ray Observations

    Broke On: Wednesday, 12 June 2024 Researchers led by Penn State astronomers Fan Zou and W. Niel Brandt combined X-ray data from NASA's Chandra, ESA's XMM-Newton, and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics eROSITA telescope to model the growth of supermassive black holes in galaxies. They studied over 8,000 rapidly growing black holes in a sample of 1.3 million galaxies and found that they grew much more rapidly when the Universe was younger, shedding light on galaxy evolution.
  • New Study Reveals Rapid Growth of Supermassive Black Holes in Young Universe using X-ray Observations

    New Study Reveals Rapid Growth of Supermassive Black Holes in Young Universe using X-ray Observations

    Broke On: Wednesday, 12 June 2024 Researchers led by Penn State astronomers Fan Zou and W. Niel Brandt combined X-ray data from NASA's Chandra, ESA's XMM-Newton, and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics eROSITA telescope to model the growth of supermassive black holes in galaxies. They studied over 8,000 rapidly growing black holes in a sample of 1.3 million galaxies and found that they grew much more rapidly when the Universe was younger, shedding light on galaxy evolution.