The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated a vast landscape of misinformation^[1] about many topics, science and health chief among them^[2].

Since then, information overload^[3] continues unabated, and many people are rightfully confused by an onslaught of conflicting health information. Even expert advice is often contradictory.

On top of that, people sometimes deliberately distort research findings to promote a certain agenda. For example, ...