Gabrielle Rabinowitz and Emily Jane Dennis offer tips for reading science news critically, including how to search the scientific literature for the data behind the story, and how to evaluate it after you've found it: "Even if you can’t access or understand an article, you can still find out if the research was published in a reputable journal. Look for the 'impact factor' of the journal where an article was published (search for the journal name + 'impact factor')."
