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Publication: Science News

Science News has ^63.8% among publications. BS Score: 2.5%. Articles analyzed: 2. Words analyzed: 5,289.

Top reasoning patterns

Biased Writer Voice - 10.5% (557 hits)
Appeal to Emotion - 8.3% (440 hits)
Indoctrination - 6.6% (348 hits)
Appeal to Authority - 6.1% (320 hits)
Framing Effect - 5.4% (284 hits)
Optimism Bias - 5.3% (281 hits)
Post Hoc (False Cause) - 4.6% (241 hits)
Hasty Generalization - 3.5% (185 hits)

Analyzed articles

Giant trees have tricks to work around drought ^14.9%

Science News - By Fechi Inyama - 7/2/2026, 6:00 PM

Biased Writer Voice 24.7% - Framing Effect 24% - Appeal to Authority 21.5%

Daring tree climbers and researchers have challenged a major assumption in tree drought biology. In rainforests on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, water transport systems of a colossal, dominating family of trees are not more impaired than shorter trees in the A daring tree climbers and researchers have challenged a major... more

The natural history of every U.S. state is on display at a new D.C. exhibit ^21%

Science News - By Aaron Tremper, Mandana Tadayon - 7/2/2026, 2:00 PM

Appeal to Authority 22% - Biased Writer Voice 19.1% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 17.9%

From the last passenger pigeon to a 240-million-year-old graveyard of giant amphibians — a new exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., lets visitors explore the natural diversity and cultural heritage of America. I got an early look at “From These Lands,” which is part of a Smithsonian... more

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Publication: Science News

Top reasoning patterns

Analyzed articles

Giant trees have tricks to work around drought 14.9%

The natural history of every U.S. state is on display at a new D.C. exhibit 21%

Giant trees have tricks to work around drought ^14.9%

The natural history of every U.S. state is on display at a new D.C. exhibit ^21%