Passing gas cures cancer???  View the following video (*contains explicit language): Scientific Studies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (Links to an external site.)Then find a recent “ne

Then find a recent “news” story where the popular media likely misconstrued the hard science behind the article that it is claiming to be reporting on.  Then find the original research article itself, and share both of these with the class.  What fantastical claims are the media purporting?  In what ways do the media exaggerate the original article in order to make it more “glamorous” or sensational?

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